Clinic day 2

Trudi was snorty and seemed a little hyper as I was tacking her up, but I got on and she felt a little tired. We did a bit of nice trot work and she was bending well and nicely together. Bent got on her and then showed me what my horse looks like when a pro gets on. Trudi got some impressed remarks from the peanut gallery when he put her into her medium trot. I was the proud mama going "She loves that!" (Like he couldn't tell, DUH. Oh well, I'm a dork). He really put her together and pushed her a bit, and when I got back on it was that same feeling that my horse was shorter from nose to tail but taller from her back to the ground. She was jazzed after the medium work and pulling a little on the bit, but not so much that she was too heavy. We did just a bit more trot work, and she felt really powerful and her hind legs were very engaged. I was all bouncy and not sitting well because she was warmed up and I was not. A couple of walk transitions (I got yelled at when she got pacey - whoops - "She didn't do that with me, so you better fix it") and then she was done.

Some friends got some video (yay) and just a couple of pictures (same camera, so it's hard to get both because you have to switch modes). But the pictures are nice and I'll probably put up some video as soon as I have time to upload it.


A nice trot photo of Trudi and I (I'm almost sitting up. You have no idea the ridiculous amount of effort even this takes.)

Trudi with Bent- she is all "I can haz been put together?"