This past Wednesday I rode Asti and although he was a good boy I was horrible....enough said
Today I rode Asto again and he was, as always, a good boy. We worked on trot lengthenings. It was good to finally get the jist of them and I had to picture a pupeteer when it cam to the half halt and almost lifting him up. I also rode Fiona for a practice
Friday, June 28, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
6/19/13 Lesson
Okay, so it has been two weeks until today that I have ridden due to a mini vacation visiting family and the fact my car didn't want to stop for me and needed a brake job. It felt great to be in the saddle and it felt even better that the lesson went well. I rode Asti, who I love to pieces. He is just oddles of cuteness and such a fun pony to ride. We started of with some leg yielding which went well, I just need to remember to keep my shoulders forward. We then did trot to canter transitions in the long side and practiced halts. I had to be mindful not to halt with my hands and had to utilized a half halt more and a squeeze from my thighs. Then practiced T-3 in prepartation fo rthe next schooling show. It went pretty well, but when he gets tired he likes to abruptly slow down so I need to be careful of that as well as the canter diagonal that I ride him forward so he doesn't fall to the forehand. Other than that, Bryn said the test was good. I also am doing First Level test 1 which I am really excited about. Bryn gave me tips for lengthening as I know I need to work on those. I have the idea, but I just want to get a better feeling so we actually get good scores for that movement and especially First Level starts getting into finer points of dressage movement, so I want them to know what it feels like and get them as concise as possible. The homework assignment was to YOUTUBE videos of the test and watch the movements. I have the idea and have done some, but I want a better feeling especially if I am showing Asti, I want to do them right and do lenghtenings the right way.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
5/5/13 Lesson and practice rides following
Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far! I can't wait until our IDA season begins :)
Okay so for this past week in my lesson I rode Asti. We worked on leg yields and staying super, super loose and turning my torso to the inside. He was very good and cute as always. I rode Asti the day after an practiced what we did in the lesson. Friday I rode Asti and Fiona and today I rode Fiona.
Okay so for this past week in my lesson I rode Asti. We worked on leg yields and staying super, super loose and turning my torso to the inside. He was very good and cute as always. I rode Asti the day after an practiced what we did in the lesson. Friday I rode Asti and Fiona and today I rode Fiona.
5/29/13 Lesson and practices
That Wednesday (long time ago) I rode joey for my lesson in preparation for the show. We worked on transitions and he was a good boy!
That Friday and Saturday I had practice rides, but they were cut short due to overly hot weather!
Sunday was show day and we scored a 63%, then a 66% for the re- ride
That Friday and Saturday I had practice rides, but they were cut short due to overly hot weather!
Sunday was show day and we scored a 63%, then a 66% for the re- ride
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