Kat
Well-Known Member
So I had another play last night.
Did the hexagon in walk again, felt good, I think we managed to move the shoulders in the turn a bit more than last time. The leg yeild was pretty good.
Then decided to try the walk-trot-walk-trot-canter. This didn't go well. After a couple of repetitions L got very giddy and we lost anything resembling a proper walk and the trot started to get silly too. Tried to rescue it with some halts but decided it wasn't for us.
Returned to the hexagon which got the walk functioning again, allowed me to get my leg on and softened her nicely.
Decided to try the snowman again so we could have a more positive trot - canter experience. Again this exercise went well, I had to work a bit harder to keep the trot together and stop her falling through the outside shoulder in the trot circle, as she was feeling a bit excitable. This exercise went well again though and we got some really nice canter work. We tend towards a rather small flat canter and this helped us add power without rushing or losing rhythm or losing the trot.
Mixed it up a bit by doing a figure of eight in trot to change the rein and then working on alternate reins which really made her wait and listen.
Finished off with some bigger shapes in trot to consolidate.
Really pleased with her at the moment. We have found some new exercises that work a treat and she seems to be improving.
Did the hexagon in walk again, felt good, I think we managed to move the shoulders in the turn a bit more than last time. The leg yeild was pretty good.
Then decided to try the walk-trot-walk-trot-canter. This didn't go well. After a couple of repetitions L got very giddy and we lost anything resembling a proper walk and the trot started to get silly too. Tried to rescue it with some halts but decided it wasn't for us.
Returned to the hexagon which got the walk functioning again, allowed me to get my leg on and softened her nicely.
Decided to try the snowman again so we could have a more positive trot - canter experience. Again this exercise went well, I had to work a bit harder to keep the trot together and stop her falling through the outside shoulder in the trot circle, as she was feeling a bit excitable. This exercise went well again though and we got some really nice canter work. We tend towards a rather small flat canter and this helped us add power without rushing or losing rhythm or losing the trot.
Mixed it up a bit by doing a figure of eight in trot to change the rein and then working on alternate reins which really made her wait and listen.
Finished off with some bigger shapes in trot to consolidate.
Really pleased with her at the moment. We have found some new exercises that work a treat and she seems to be improving.