November 15, 2014

Today I rode my regular horse, and he was a bit lazy at first. The three of us having a lesson together first played follow the leader which was fun, we did a lot of changing directions, two point at trot, circles and some canter work before we started jumping. He started out a bit lazy, a bit slow, and tossing his head a lot because he was too much on his forehand. We did a triple combination of one stride jumps (a pole to start, then a crossrail, then a vertical, and a vertical), and he wasn’t getting his hind end underneath him enough around the corner. As the jumps went up though, I got it more in my head that I really have to balance him up, wait around the corner, and use a lot of leg, and he stopped tossing his head. He also got perfect spots going into the combination. In the end the last jump was 3’3 and I was so proud of him! It was a lot of fun and I’m excited to ride him again soon. 🙂