BunnyDog
Well-Known Member
Hi Everyone...
It's a fun weekend here albeit looking possibly a tad damp. Cudo is progressing quite well. To the point that we are going to attempt to do a show a level up this weekend.....IF the weather holds.
I had a short school yesterday and I thought you might enjoy the video from it. I have long said that 2 stride combinations will make anyone feel invincible. Yesterday was no different. My goal was to school a bit wider oxer in preparation for the show. For our courses the oxers can be up to 1.45 wide so I was trying to school one around 1.40 wide to give him a bit of a stretch. This is where things get funny. A long time ago I schooled a horse of mine over a grid, wanting to school up to 1.25 in prep for an event that weekend. I finished my ride and before I left the farm decided to measure the last jump since it felt a bit big. Long story short, my eye is horrible for actually judging the size of things. I thought the oxer last night was maybe 5' wide. It was 6' wide (1.80m) and years ago that jump I did was 1.60. LOL So anyway moral of the story don't ever let me set your courses.
More exciting is that I managed to steal 3 days off work next week and we are going to be riding with Richard Spooner in a clinic Tues-Thurs. AND I took a leap and entered the 1.25m+ group. Which Cudo is more than ready for but it's still a thrill.
So here's the entire jump school from last night. All 2 mins of video. It was a short school since he has so much coming up, but as always he is a star. SOOOOOO glad I found him. I've attached a screen shot of the oxer in question. It was only 1.20 high but 1.80 wide. LOL
Emily
It's a fun weekend here albeit looking possibly a tad damp. Cudo is progressing quite well. To the point that we are going to attempt to do a show a level up this weekend.....IF the weather holds.
I had a short school yesterday and I thought you might enjoy the video from it. I have long said that 2 stride combinations will make anyone feel invincible. Yesterday was no different. My goal was to school a bit wider oxer in preparation for the show. For our courses the oxers can be up to 1.45 wide so I was trying to school one around 1.40 wide to give him a bit of a stretch. This is where things get funny. A long time ago I schooled a horse of mine over a grid, wanting to school up to 1.25 in prep for an event that weekend. I finished my ride and before I left the farm decided to measure the last jump since it felt a bit big. Long story short, my eye is horrible for actually judging the size of things. I thought the oxer last night was maybe 5' wide. It was 6' wide (1.80m) and years ago that jump I did was 1.60. LOL So anyway moral of the story don't ever let me set your courses.
More exciting is that I managed to steal 3 days off work next week and we are going to be riding with Richard Spooner in a clinic Tues-Thurs. AND I took a leap and entered the 1.25m+ group. Which Cudo is more than ready for but it's still a thrill.
So here's the entire jump school from last night. All 2 mins of video. It was a short school since he has so much coming up, but as always he is a star. SOOOOOO glad I found him. I've attached a screen shot of the oxer in question. It was only 1.20 high but 1.80 wide. LOL
Emily
