redmone
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone!!!
Well this week marked a real milestone for us.
We have some fabulous facilities at our livery yard, and these include a lovely big red wall to be jumped (as well as a full course of other lovely jumps!). However up until recently daughter wouldn't consider attempting it (partly due to Dolly's tendency to refuse these sorts of things, and partly due to, I think, the psychological thought of jumping "the wall")!!
Daughter has recently grown in confidence massively, despite a few dodgy falls. She really seems to have Dolly sussed now and knows what is needed to clock up those clear rounds! She's finally got the measure of Dirty Stop Dolly!!!
So when she texted me on Monday of this week to say that "THE WALL" was up for her jumping lesson, she was very excited (I crapped it!).
She had a really good start to her lesson (she has a monthly jumping lesson with a quite well known trainer from Scotland who is quite frankly, awesome
) and then it was wall time!!! They had a couple of squeaks to start with whilst Dolly decided whether she liked it or not, but once she did, they were flying!! There was a rather comical moment, when Dolly knocked the wall and daughter clung on for dear life round her neck, only to clear the jump then come off on the corner but land on her feet and run along side Dolly for a while!!!! Good balance my girl has!! lol!!!
Anyway, enough of my babbling!!! Here's the photos!!!
JUMPING THE WALL!!!!! (finally!)
Do you think they cleared it???
Ooops!!! Had the potential for a nasty fall this one, but Dolly got them out of trouble!
And now some others....
Recent dressage
Check those faces out!
And finally my beautiful girl. Doesn't she suit red rosettes
She's a monkey. And keeps us forever on our toes.
But god, we love her. She's taught all of us so much and will have a place in our life forever. Our Little Dolly.
Thanks for reading everyone. I have trifle! Enjoy!!!
RM x
Well this week marked a real milestone for us.
We have some fabulous facilities at our livery yard, and these include a lovely big red wall to be jumped (as well as a full course of other lovely jumps!). However up until recently daughter wouldn't consider attempting it (partly due to Dolly's tendency to refuse these sorts of things, and partly due to, I think, the psychological thought of jumping "the wall")!!
Daughter has recently grown in confidence massively, despite a few dodgy falls. She really seems to have Dolly sussed now and knows what is needed to clock up those clear rounds! She's finally got the measure of Dirty Stop Dolly!!!
So when she texted me on Monday of this week to say that "THE WALL" was up for her jumping lesson, she was very excited (I crapped it!).
She had a really good start to her lesson (she has a monthly jumping lesson with a quite well known trainer from Scotland who is quite frankly, awesome
) and then it was wall time!!! They had a couple of squeaks to start with whilst Dolly decided whether she liked it or not, but once she did, they were flying!! There was a rather comical moment, when Dolly knocked the wall and daughter clung on for dear life round her neck, only to clear the jump then come off on the corner but land on her feet and run along side Dolly for a while!!!! Good balance my girl has!! lol!!!Anyway, enough of my babbling!!! Here's the photos!!!
JUMPING THE WALL!!!!! (finally!)
Do you think they cleared it???
Ooops!!! Had the potential for a nasty fall this one, but Dolly got them out of trouble!
And now some others....
Recent dressage
Check those faces out!
And finally my beautiful girl. Doesn't she suit red rosettes
She's a monkey. And keeps us forever on our toes.
But god, we love her. She's taught all of us so much and will have a place in our life forever. Our Little Dolly.
Thanks for reading everyone. I have trifle! Enjoy!!!
RM x
