Living "la vida loca"
This summer has been so busy so far! It seems like when there is a lull in the happenings, another something comes up that I have to take care of. For example, I have to write a huge report. It will be the biggest school project that I have done thus far. It is not due for a while, but I still shy away from the work needed to make the project worth while.
I had a riding lesson yesterday. It was a flat lesson (meaning no jumping), and we did pretty nicely. I was worried because Flag was really bad the last time I tried to ride. Thank goodness he was good at the lesson and did not make me eat dirt again. I also had a lesson today. It was a jumping lesson. We do a group jumping lesson about once a month, so today was the day. Flag, who has little or no confidence after all the "refusals" he threw at me the last time we did jumping, did very well. We are going back to the basics. That is, making him do itty-bitty poles and x-rails, until he (and I) get his confidence back.
What I realized was: If I look way up at the roof of the arena, I do not drop my head and shoulders. This was helping him feel more brave, and also it took his chance away of him getting me to fall off by his stopping. I also found that when he tries to rush at the fence and I pull back to make him slow down, he rushes even worse. I think he goes really fast at the fence because he wants me to pull thus giving him an excuse to stop. I did not pull (thank you very much), and he found that rushing to the fence just made it 50 times harder for him to get over it, even if it was only a 10 inch cross-rail.
I think we might save my horse after all! I mean save him from becoming a pasture ornament, because if he kept stopping like he was, he would not be a jumping horse and I would have to try to find another horse to event, or wait for Rosie's foal to be trained.../
Rosie is 100% going to have a baby, says the vet. Unless something really bad happens. Yay !
Love to all!
I had a riding lesson yesterday. It was a flat lesson (meaning no jumping), and we did pretty nicely. I was worried because Flag was really bad the last time I tried to ride. Thank goodness he was good at the lesson and did not make me eat dirt again. I also had a lesson today. It was a jumping lesson. We do a group jumping lesson about once a month, so today was the day. Flag, who has little or no confidence after all the "refusals" he threw at me the last time we did jumping, did very well. We are going back to the basics. That is, making him do itty-bitty poles and x-rails, until he (and I) get his confidence back.
What I realized was: If I look way up at the roof of the arena, I do not drop my head and shoulders. This was helping him feel more brave, and also it took his chance away of him getting me to fall off by his stopping. I also found that when he tries to rush at the fence and I pull back to make him slow down, he rushes even worse. I think he goes really fast at the fence because he wants me to pull thus giving him an excuse to stop. I did not pull (thank you very much), and he found that rushing to the fence just made it 50 times harder for him to get over it, even if it was only a 10 inch cross-rail.
I think we might save my horse after all! I mean save him from becoming a pasture ornament, because if he kept stopping like he was, he would not be a jumping horse and I would have to try to find another horse to event, or wait for Rosie's foal to be trained.../
Rosie is 100% going to have a baby, says the vet. Unless something really bad happens. Yay !
Love to all!
posted by Aidan Crawford | 6:59 PM
1 Comments:
Yay for improving your riding and getting training both you and your horse back to competition form. I also like the photos you posted on Xanga (why not here too? Poo...) The photos seem to show that he is getting over those low points a while back. There are not too many photos of you jumping, so these were particularly nice to see. You should mayhaps pester your brother more about this when you go riding.
Oh yeah, the camera probably had a high ISO rating (not "PSI"), which, at the levels your brother gets, probably would be better for darker/evening outside or poorly lit indoor shooting. All it indicates is the film's sensitivity to light. More light = more stuff shown even in dim conditions, but it also means a more "grainy" appearance.
and one other thing:
>:D<
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