I did have a lesson today and we worked on gymnastics. We started by cantering some single fences, getting warmed up, then moved on to a canter in bounce. Jen had us start with a conservative 9ft bounce but then moved it out. We kept adding fences as we went so by the end we had four fences in a row, with a bounce in between each.
They weren't high, maybe 2ft, but we were working on nailing the first fence then just supporting him down the line. It was fairly easy to find a nice rhythm coming in, but I had trouble doing nothing as the line approached. You would think that it would be so easy to sit there and let them go, but nope, hardest thing ever! I screwed him up royally once, but slipped him the reins and legged him through it. We only did about 45mins as it was hard for Bud to stay packaged through the line. I think we are going to start making gymnastics a bigger part of our lessons, especially if we want to show in the jumpers and do combinations.
On Wednesday Jen and I set up a mini jump chute in the indoor for Zoe and Leo to work through. We want to see how high each could do without a rider and how they handled the fences. Surprisingly Leo was better about his pace and rhythm through the chute and did 3' without too much problem.
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| He was very proud of himself |
Zoe was being very lazy and would canter up to the fence then loose steam about a stride away. She'd pop over them from almost a stand still, but made it over every time. She's adorable and way more huntery than Leo was. I think we got her up to 3'3"ish. I'm having dreams of making her my 3' hunter again. I rode her today after Buddy since her two leases are both busy and couldn't get out for a couple days. She was great. The jumps had been reset from my lesson and were 2'-2'6". She was game for everything and even got the correct strides in the line instead of the pony strides!
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| Little Miss Diva only wanted to do it off the right, even though it was set to go off the left. |
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