1 year on - before and after lesson pics!

[j1ffy]

My RI has just put together some pics from a year ago and our lesson on Saturday. The difference is clear I still have a fair amount of work to do on my lower leg, but P is so much more balanced, relaxed and evenly muscled now. Thank you to my RI for putting these together!

The link should work for all as it's an unrestricted Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.10150212534372659.319371.233852927658

 

[Pablo349]

Major improvement, well done.
I'm trying to re-school my horse at the moment. We reckon we've just cracked stretching in trot!
Keep up the good work

 

[j1ffy]

Thanks Pablo. The stretching took quite a while to get and we still get comments in dressage tests that he needs to stretch over the back more as he tenses up in comps (or I tense up and pass it on to him, I think it's a combination of the two ). He generally learns quickly and tension tends to come from him trying too hard!

 

[j1ffy]

A shameless bump as things get moved down so quickly in NL!!

 

[muddygreymare]

What a difference, well done! He's lovely

 

[muddy_grey]

Well done and what a lovely RI to do that for you

 

[j1ffy]

Thanks guys! He is a little star.

My RI is great, she doesn't just do lessons - she gives you a full "training plan" including reading material for theory, off-horse exercises and video analysis (which is painful but very helpful ).