dopeesophee
Well-Known Member
thought id tell you because im very happy
so the jumps were out and i decided to do some jumping, worked her over a cross pole a few times, and she jumped it lovely... then went from that cross pole on a dogs leg to jump the 2nd part of a combination, which she flew... in the middle, i sat back, gave her a half halt, collect and then pushed on
then jumped a related distance, and the second part had some bright fillers next to it, which she slowed at; but i was ready and squeezed and she flew that too
then i went to jump an upright on the diaganol and that had some fillers next to it aswell, she stopped the first time, which was my fault as i didnt have her between my hand and leg enough, but the second time she went great
then went onto a double, which she didnt bat an eyelid at i was very happy
she flew round the course really nicely, jumped everything in control and on the right bend
no tanking off, bouncing sideways
i then put one of the cross poles up to an upright (about 2'6/2'9) biggest ive jumped her, first time she was great... came in, i saw a nice stride, took a check and she went nicely over it
second time she got a bit het up, threw her head and decided she was cantering, i kind of lost a bit of control, and asked for a check, but she stopped... i went over her head
once back on i went to try it again, but she refused and got het up... my fault as she sensed i was tense, this happened twice more, and then i went get a grip sophie, trotted around for a bit, got the contact and control, asked for canter round the corner, and saw my stride, gave a check and she flew it again
so i stopped
to start with i trotted her over the cross pole once or twice, but decided that wasnt a good idea as she doesnt really know how to jump from a trot, everything else after that i cantered into.
we had a lovely rythmical canter, despite being slightly strong in places and i really enjoyed myself, the jumps were slightly lower than usual, and had no fillers in. but i took peoples advice and decided to work on smaller first
during the week i had jumped her once, but only twice over the cross pole and then i worked her around the jumps the rest of the week, and had her collected working in an outline and listening
it really clicked yesterday when i was jumping, i wasnt fighting as much and i was confident...
despite my fall i think we made progress
very self indulgent, happy post
x
so the jumps were out and i decided to do some jumping, worked her over a cross pole a few times, and she jumped it lovely... then went from that cross pole on a dogs leg to jump the 2nd part of a combination, which she flew... in the middle, i sat back, gave her a half halt, collect and then pushed on
then jumped a related distance, and the second part had some bright fillers next to it, which she slowed at; but i was ready and squeezed and she flew that too
then i went to jump an upright on the diaganol and that had some fillers next to it aswell, she stopped the first time, which was my fault as i didnt have her between my hand and leg enough, but the second time she went great
then went onto a double, which she didnt bat an eyelid at i was very happy
she flew round the course really nicely, jumped everything in control and on the right bend
i then put one of the cross poles up to an upright (about 2'6/2'9) biggest ive jumped her, first time she was great... came in, i saw a nice stride, took a check and she went nicely over it
second time she got a bit het up, threw her head and decided she was cantering, i kind of lost a bit of control, and asked for a check, but she stopped... i went over her head
once back on i went to try it again, but she refused and got het up... my fault as she sensed i was tense, this happened twice more, and then i went get a grip sophie, trotted around for a bit, got the contact and control, asked for canter round the corner, and saw my stride, gave a check and she flew it again
so i stopped
to start with i trotted her over the cross pole once or twice, but decided that wasnt a good idea as she doesnt really know how to jump from a trot, everything else after that i cantered into.
we had a lovely rythmical canter, despite being slightly strong in places and i really enjoyed myself, the jumps were slightly lower than usual, and had no fillers in. but i took peoples advice and decided to work on smaller first
during the week i had jumped her once, but only twice over the cross pole and then i worked her around the jumps the rest of the week, and had her collected working in an outline and listening
it really clicked yesterday when i was jumping, i wasnt fighting as much and i was confident...
despite my fall i think we made progress
very self indulgent, happy post
x
