Thelwell_Girl
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Well.. What a lesson!
I got to the yard to find I was riding Merry, a fleabitten grey, very speedy... Completely different to the likes of Bonnie and Albert... I was a bit apprehensive, but on I hopped and got walking round.
It was so nice to get an active walk straight away, rather than plodding for 10 minutes before getting down to business
Got trotting, both reins, working in open order. I did find it difficult to adjust to her at first, but once I'd figured her out, she was very comfy! We worked on getting her going well away from the other horses, circles and transitions, and this was good practice for me riding more independently.
What I have noticed is that if I'm concentrating on the transition, my position goes to pot, and if I'm concentrating on my position, the transition goes to pot
Then came canter... And what a canter! Merry's one speedy little pony, and if I got the transition right, I could get a wonderful canter - fast, comfy and mostly controlled, meaning I was able to work on my position in canter without having to worry too much about keeping her going.
Occasionally we had a few hissy fits, an argument by the gate meant some kicking out and a few bucks, but she was fine.
After a little chat with my instructor I tried riding her with a looser contact, and she did feel a bit better. It felt really strange, but she really started stretching down and enjoying herself
Afterwards, one of the older girls came up to me and told me something I was really surprised at... Apparently a few times I had Merry in an outline!!
I very very rarely get a horse in an outline, so for her to say this was a big thing for me
As if to round of a pretty awesome lesson, another instructor came up to me and said I'd ridden her well!
All in all, I learned a lot today, and it was lovely to ride a different horse - I've asked to have M next week!
Now I'm off to grab a late lunch.. Im shattered
Thank you for reading!
TG xx
I got to the yard to find I was riding Merry, a fleabitten grey, very speedy... Completely different to the likes of Bonnie and Albert... I was a bit apprehensive, but on I hopped and got walking round.
It was so nice to get an active walk straight away, rather than plodding for 10 minutes before getting down to business
Got trotting, both reins, working in open order. I did find it difficult to adjust to her at first, but once I'd figured her out, she was very comfy! We worked on getting her going well away from the other horses, circles and transitions, and this was good practice for me riding more independently.
What I have noticed is that if I'm concentrating on the transition, my position goes to pot, and if I'm concentrating on my position, the transition goes to pot
Then came canter... And what a canter! Merry's one speedy little pony, and if I got the transition right, I could get a wonderful canter - fast, comfy and mostly controlled, meaning I was able to work on my position in canter without having to worry too much about keeping her going.
Occasionally we had a few hissy fits, an argument by the gate meant some kicking out and a few bucks, but she was fine.
After a little chat with my instructor I tried riding her with a looser contact, and she did feel a bit better. It felt really strange, but she really started stretching down and enjoying herself
Afterwards, one of the older girls came up to me and told me something I was really surprised at... Apparently a few times I had Merry in an outline!!
I very very rarely get a horse in an outline, so for her to say this was a big thing for me As if to round of a pretty awesome lesson, another instructor came up to me and said I'd ridden her well!
All in all, I learned a lot today, and it was lovely to ride a different horse - I've asked to have M next week!
Now I'm off to grab a late lunch.. Im shattered
Thank you for reading!
TG xx
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