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Apr. 9th, 2008 08:15 amI think I can gymnasticize my horse, now if I can only learn to gymnasticize me...
Got to ride with another horse in the ring yesterday afternoon, which was nice since he was pretty quiet and well behaved. Trudi warily eyeballed the motorhome parked nearby, but didn't act nutty.
It took forever to get her supple, through, and relaxed at the walk, but once I did her trot was spectacular. Unfortunately it was also so big I was again getting bounced around just posting (part of this is because I'm also struggling to teach my body to go into a prettier position, it's SO HARD). It was interesting to see how good it could be right off the bat (well, if 25 minutes of walking prior to that could be considered right off the bat) and I think that's the trot I need to go for all the time. Canter was sucky at first- I think I must have had a lot of tension and I was trying too hard to school a couple of movements instead of just warming up. She scampered and popped in some changes and was all OMG EEK UP RUN SHOULD I GO SIDEWAYS HOW BOUT A CHANGE NO OK I'LL CHANGE BACK WHOOPS THAT WAS ONLY THE FRONT.... It's like she suddenly discovered she could do a change last week and now she wants to play with them some more- even though I've didn't ask for any.
*sigh*.
When we both settled down things were eventually fine- did some sitting trot which I was sucking at- had to grab ye old bucking strap to push my butt down into the saddle again after I was hovering a good six inches above it- but once I was more or less able to sit a few strides and she was more relaxed we got some nice transitions and things were softer and quieter. It was pretty cool because about that time somebody started operating a noisy table saw-- but because she was thinking about the work she didn't really pay attention to it. Had some lengthenings that were really nice, more because she went "Oh please oh please oh please" and I was like "Ok" and she went sailing down the longside in this big lovely trot, which made me giggle hysterically- I mean, it's kinda really fun, and kinda insane and scary because I start out sitting it, but eventually it's like a roller coaster and I'm hovering in the air above the horse and I'm totally losing it, and she's all WHEEEE!!!. So I don't want her to go till she loses her balance, and that means I have to keep my balance to help her. I guess it just never gets easier...
I can feel when we get it- trot gets all this impulsion, I straighten her a bit, I ask her to come down in the neck and boom she gets through- then she gets crooked again and/or I bounce off to one side, the neck comes up, and viola, we have hell in a handbasket.
Must...concentrate...on...positive...
Got to ride with another horse in the ring yesterday afternoon, which was nice since he was pretty quiet and well behaved. Trudi warily eyeballed the motorhome parked nearby, but didn't act nutty.
It took forever to get her supple, through, and relaxed at the walk, but once I did her trot was spectacular. Unfortunately it was also so big I was again getting bounced around just posting (part of this is because I'm also struggling to teach my body to go into a prettier position, it's SO HARD). It was interesting to see how good it could be right off the bat (well, if 25 minutes of walking prior to that could be considered right off the bat) and I think that's the trot I need to go for all the time. Canter was sucky at first- I think I must have had a lot of tension and I was trying too hard to school a couple of movements instead of just warming up. She scampered and popped in some changes and was all OMG EEK UP RUN SHOULD I GO SIDEWAYS HOW BOUT A CHANGE NO OK I'LL CHANGE BACK WHOOPS THAT WAS ONLY THE FRONT.... It's like she suddenly discovered she could do a change last week and now she wants to play with them some more- even though I've didn't ask for any.
*sigh*.
When we both settled down things were eventually fine- did some sitting trot which I was sucking at- had to grab ye old bucking strap to push my butt down into the saddle again after I was hovering a good six inches above it- but once I was more or less able to sit a few strides and she was more relaxed we got some nice transitions and things were softer and quieter. It was pretty cool because about that time somebody started operating a noisy table saw-- but because she was thinking about the work she didn't really pay attention to it. Had some lengthenings that were really nice, more because she went "Oh please oh please oh please" and I was like "Ok" and she went sailing down the longside in this big lovely trot, which made me giggle hysterically- I mean, it's kinda really fun, and kinda insane and scary because I start out sitting it, but eventually it's like a roller coaster and I'm hovering in the air above the horse and I'm totally losing it, and she's all WHEEEE!!!. So I don't want her to go till she loses her balance, and that means I have to keep my balance to help her. I guess it just never gets easier...
I can feel when we get it- trot gets all this impulsion, I straighten her a bit, I ask her to come down in the neck and boom she gets through- then she gets crooked again and/or I bounce off to one side, the neck comes up, and viola, we have hell in a handbasket.
Must...concentrate...on...positive...
