Today, we did a lot of work on striding, which in all honesty I love.
I think striding is one of the key things to nailing a jump course. After working on striding over poles for about 45 minutes, we did a bit of jumping,
A set of one strides, 3 jumps in total, and then a lead change to the other direction at the other end.
The more I work on striding, the more I can feel my horse’s strides and distances to jumps – meaning we stay together fluidly and i can tell when he is going to take off.
Overall another great lesson! 🙂
P.S. I would have posted on the 18th but my horse needed his feet done (6 weeks) and was a bit lame (which is just him, he’s very sensitive to it), which we discovered after a few steps at the trot. So no update for Saturday, as I hardly rode. But I did make him pretty and gave him a lot of TLC before I put him away. But the main point is that since then, his feet have been done and he’s moving better than ever. 🙂