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Clinic day 1
Jul. 20th, 2008 08:23 pmBent said my horse has beautiful gaits.
^_^
So that made me happy.
As I was tacking up, I noticed she'd lost a hind shoe. Crap. She was shod YESTERDAY. Come ON. Vet said she'd be fine- good footing- she was.
Trudi came out feeling good- not too hyper, a little timid, but not spooky- in fact, she did not spook even once. She was just slightly backed off and seemed a little intimidated by the stallion finishing up, but she listened to me and behaved perfectly. I still ride with my upper body all hunched over and looking down. The walk after the trot was, in the beginning- "Very bad". We were trying do do a bit of shoulder-fore on a small circle, and I was all messed up, and Trudi was jigging. Bent sent us out on a bigger circle and whenever she would get fast, he would tell me to relax my seat and bend her immediately to make her stop it.
Trot work was fab. Rhythm was great, and she was steady in the bridle and consistantly stretching to the bit. Bent had me use a little more inside leg now and again to increase the bend, which also slowed her down a little, then he told me to play with the bit to keep her round and add a little more leg to add some forward energy. This helped make her step under and bring her back up more without getting too quick. It was kind of tricky but quite interesting. We had some lovely suspension here and there where I asked her to give me even more in her back, and she was like "Ok, here you go". Canter was very good till she got a bit tired, then she got a little quick.
My posture was much better in the canter- I seem to sit up a bit more easily.
Overall thoughts- super horsey. I am SO proud. On me- I dispair of ever looking elegant. I mean, HONESTLY. This is the same drum I've been beating for years now. Why is head up, shoulders back, elbows in, thumbs up, IMPOSSIBLE???? How can my horse look so good when I look so bad?
^_^
So that made me happy.
As I was tacking up, I noticed she'd lost a hind shoe. Crap. She was shod YESTERDAY. Come ON. Vet said she'd be fine- good footing- she was.
Trudi came out feeling good- not too hyper, a little timid, but not spooky- in fact, she did not spook even once. She was just slightly backed off and seemed a little intimidated by the stallion finishing up, but she listened to me and behaved perfectly. I still ride with my upper body all hunched over and looking down. The walk after the trot was, in the beginning- "Very bad". We were trying do do a bit of shoulder-fore on a small circle, and I was all messed up, and Trudi was jigging. Bent sent us out on a bigger circle and whenever she would get fast, he would tell me to relax my seat and bend her immediately to make her stop it.
Trot work was fab. Rhythm was great, and she was steady in the bridle and consistantly stretching to the bit. Bent had me use a little more inside leg now and again to increase the bend, which also slowed her down a little, then he told me to play with the bit to keep her round and add a little more leg to add some forward energy. This helped make her step under and bring her back up more without getting too quick. It was kind of tricky but quite interesting. We had some lovely suspension here and there where I asked her to give me even more in her back, and she was like "Ok, here you go". Canter was very good till she got a bit tired, then she got a little quick.
My posture was much better in the canter- I seem to sit up a bit more easily.
Overall thoughts- super horsey. I am SO proud. On me- I dispair of ever looking elegant. I mean, HONESTLY. This is the same drum I've been beating for years now. Why is head up, shoulders back, elbows in, thumbs up, IMPOSSIBLE???? How can my horse look so good when I look so bad?
