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Apr. 5th, 2008 09:31 pmLast night ended up well- rode inside and Trudi was spooking at the corner again, so we had bit of an argument and I had to remind her that yes, I am telling you to do something, and you had better start doing it. She galloped off a few strides to Mr. Wall, but after we both settled down things got really good - I found my seat and once I could control each foot during each step there was no more spooking, only concentrating on the work, which was great. I know once I get that connection and concentration that 99% of the spooking will go away, but I can't just snap my fingers and make the connection appear. :)
Lesson today was hard. I think Trudi was a little sore and I was a little bit too. Her mind wasn't really with me and she found a corner to spook in and various stupid reasons to get hollow and stiff. I got a side stitch early on and wasn't sitting very well. The side stitch went away but I never really found my seat. We did some too-slow lateral work (it was me, I couldn't get with it) and then some hugely forward canter- which was somewhat terrifying. It did feel very good in terms of energy and impulsion, and trainer said it did not look out of control- but it didn't feel very under control. We zipped down the longside, came off the rail, came back to the rail, and she did a flying change- so I guess it's nice to know she can just whip them out when she wants to. We did much bigger/forward trot after that. I wasn't actually bouncing, I just didn't feel connected or in control.
Trainer seemed very impressed with Trudi's gaits and told me not to be so hard on myself, so I'll try to focus on the positive.
Gave Trudi a bath when we finished- she needed it- she's a different color now. As I was walking to dry her off a couple of people were showing their horses a tarp. So I took miss snorty over there and she jumped and snorted and blew, and eventually walked over and sniffed it and stood on it. I petted her and gave her sugar and walked her over it a few times, but she still kept a wary eye on it and only tolerated it out of greed. ^_^
Lesson today was hard. I think Trudi was a little sore and I was a little bit too. Her mind wasn't really with me and she found a corner to spook in and various stupid reasons to get hollow and stiff. I got a side stitch early on and wasn't sitting very well. The side stitch went away but I never really found my seat. We did some too-slow lateral work (it was me, I couldn't get with it) and then some hugely forward canter- which was somewhat terrifying. It did feel very good in terms of energy and impulsion, and trainer said it did not look out of control- but it didn't feel very under control. We zipped down the longside, came off the rail, came back to the rail, and she did a flying change- so I guess it's nice to know she can just whip them out when she wants to. We did much bigger/forward trot after that. I wasn't actually bouncing, I just didn't feel connected or in control.
Trainer seemed very impressed with Trudi's gaits and told me not to be so hard on myself, so I'll try to focus on the positive.
Gave Trudi a bath when we finished- she needed it- she's a different color now. As I was walking to dry her off a couple of people were showing their horses a tarp. So I took miss snorty over there and she jumped and snorted and blew, and eventually walked over and sniffed it and stood on it. I petted her and gave her sugar and walked her over it a few times, but she still kept a wary eye on it and only tolerated it out of greed. ^_^
