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Aug. 17th, 2007 08:05 amLast night Trudi was doing a very good job of stretching and bending at the walk, and Val stopped by and caught me up on all the latest horsey news. She has a pretty new black/bay mare named Ginseng. A new horse came over from Peggy's- which was funny, because I'd seen the mare and she looked SO FAMILIAR, but I couldn't figure out who she was.
Anyway, back to work- Trudi was a bit jiggy (in that she was prancy, not funky) but we had a lovely left lead canter depart, followed by 3 strides of lovely left lead canter, followed by Trudi tripping and falling on her nose and almost sending me over her head. Pride goeth before the fall, I guess. We recovered and I sent her the other direction, and the right lead canter fairy paid us a visit and we had a BEAUTIFUL transition and a BEAUTIFUL canter. I heaped praise on Trudi and, afraid to jinx us, decided to let that one be for the night and didn't try another. Instead we did some trot/walk transitions- some of which were very good (and some of which were achieved only after Trudi went YAYAYAYAAAAYAYAYAYA and trotted very quickly and psychotically for several laps) and some more nice left lead canter that did not involve falling on our faces. We did some voltes and I remembered after a while to actually GIVE THE INSIDE REIN and then we did some not very good shoulder in and some very good shoulder in, and some leg yield, which for the first time really did seem counter...something. I always thought people who said leg yield was odd and not natural for progressing the horse were whiners, but it did really throw us to change the bend that way- we actually started out almost half passing and Trudi was like "What the heck?" when I pushed for leg yield instead. But I still think she should know how and be able to do it.
At any rate, my horsie has been good- I need to make sure she is good more of the time, instead of being happy with 90% crap and 10% super, but I sure do love that 10%... I untacked her and made her walk and trot around to be sure that she wasn't sore from tripping all over herself, and she went sailing off at a snorty trot. She looked so lovely- she's become more uphill and her muscles are becoming more developed. I got all sentimental and felt so proud of her.
Oh, and I almost forgot- more pictures of my perpetually dirty horse (doesn't help that I took them just before a thunderstorm)- but I think she's looking so much more mature and fit. Actually in the pictures she looks like what I've always thought an ideal hunter looks like (except less shiny, not bay, and her hind legs are under her a bit much).
Anyway, back to work- Trudi was a bit jiggy (in that she was prancy, not funky) but we had a lovely left lead canter depart, followed by 3 strides of lovely left lead canter, followed by Trudi tripping and falling on her nose and almost sending me over her head. Pride goeth before the fall, I guess. We recovered and I sent her the other direction, and the right lead canter fairy paid us a visit and we had a BEAUTIFUL transition and a BEAUTIFUL canter. I heaped praise on Trudi and, afraid to jinx us, decided to let that one be for the night and didn't try another. Instead we did some trot/walk transitions- some of which were very good (and some of which were achieved only after Trudi went YAYAYAYAAAAYAYAYAYA and trotted very quickly and psychotically for several laps) and some more nice left lead canter that did not involve falling on our faces. We did some voltes and I remembered after a while to actually GIVE THE INSIDE REIN and then we did some not very good shoulder in and some very good shoulder in, and some leg yield, which for the first time really did seem counter...something. I always thought people who said leg yield was odd and not natural for progressing the horse were whiners, but it did really throw us to change the bend that way- we actually started out almost half passing and Trudi was like "What the heck?" when I pushed for leg yield instead. But I still think she should know how and be able to do it.
At any rate, my horsie has been good- I need to make sure she is good more of the time, instead of being happy with 90% crap and 10% super, but I sure do love that 10%... I untacked her and made her walk and trot around to be sure that she wasn't sore from tripping all over herself, and she went sailing off at a snorty trot. She looked so lovely- she's become more uphill and her muscles are becoming more developed. I got all sentimental and felt so proud of her.
Oh, and I almost forgot- more pictures of my perpetually dirty horse (doesn't help that I took them just before a thunderstorm)- but I think she's looking so much more mature and fit. Actually in the pictures she looks like what I've always thought an ideal hunter looks like (except less shiny, not bay, and her hind legs are under her a bit much).
