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| And back in May ... |
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| Today! |
As an aside, I TOTALLY hate that no release with the long reins thing I do sometimes. I think this pic is much better!
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| My favorite cavaletti stack oxer! |
For comparison's sake, this is the video of Tiki and I schooling at Patchwork about a week before May-Daze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj857Y9aAa4
And this is he and I schooling at home! I think this is the first video I actually have of us jumping at home:) It rained a bit last night/early this morning, so the footing was pretty perfect:)
LR is to thank for the pics and video! She actually rode him yesterday, and this is what she had to say:
"Tiki was SO good today! I rode him in the close contact saddle and his hacking bridle. I set up 2 "circles of death" that met over the same cavaletti in the middle and had 2 other cavs at either end of the ring so the circles alternated between cavs and poles. We had a few REALLY good moments warming up where he really broke over nicely and was nice and soft everywhere else. I started out just doing a circle of death to the left and did that a few times til he settled in and then did a few to the right. It was either a short 6 or long 5 between elements. I started out making him do the 6 since he wanted to dive and rush a bit for the 5. The few times I let him go for the 5 early on, obviously set us up poorly for the turn, and his cute little head would get frustrated and then he would toss it a bit! I then combined the 2 circles so I had him going on a figure 8. The 6 started getting increasingly difficult for him, and all of a sudden we were doing 5's everywhere in the SAME RHYTHM as we had started with the 6's! It was LOVELY! I just sort of let him figure out the changes for the turns. I would help him if we went around more than one turn on the wrong lead but at the end he threw some really nice changes when we changed direction! Nice and challenging, but he worked well!"
Today was pretty dang good! LR fit right into my lesson plan for the week, but when I had the opportunity to get some video/pics I couldn't resist a jump school! I warmed up pretty quick; the only thing I did that was "tricky" was a leg yield:
This is the first time I've actually SEEN us do one. I think for not being in a nice frame, not really all that supple yet, and me not really taking my time, they're not too bad! I began to jump, and the first go round (which is where all the pics are from) was pretty lack luster. I tried to keep a pretty slow "huntery" rhythm, and he got quite deep several times. He just wasn't really going FORWARD. I was riding him in the wonder bit today, and he just had no desire to really take me to the fence. As a result, I felt pretty meh about our efforts. After giving him a break, I went again with LEG this time. That's the 2nd video I posted. I'm pretty happy with it! He was more forward, he was happier to take me when I revved him up a little, and all our distances were completely acceptable. Let him rest again, then came around one more time and with the exception of the 3 stride line the first time, it wasn't bad. I liked our other round better, though.
Muffin was wonderful, tomorrow we will do hills, and in about 3 weeks we're going to do a jumping lesson with Simon Eades! My dressage trainer took a dressage clinic with him and REALLY enjoyed it. He's coming back in Nov, and I can't resist the opportunity to take a jumping lesson with him. It's even $20 cheaper than the dressage lesson! Woo Hoo:)
Hope everyone has had a great week and you've all been ODing on the live feed of the National Horseshow from Harrisburg! www.usefnetwork.com
Looking so good.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I love video:) Very useful for someone like me that gets to take something like 6 lessons a year!
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