Thanks to 4faulter we had a good xc session

[Ash the arab]

I took Joe for our first xc session today at MKEC, 4faulter came along with his lovely horse Ed and we had a great time.

Joe was a very willing horse and we jumped loads of different things inc. ditches, steps and a coffin!
We had no problems at the water, in fact, Joe thought the little step in was too easy and thought jumping in would be much more fun! He has just got to keep the momentum once we are in though and not walk!

We did have 1 'incident', where we lost a bit of impulsion at a double of logs and Joe ended up straddling the log and i was on my feet next to him

, reorganised ourselves and popped through fine.

4faulter gave me some good tips that i shall be putting into practice next time!
So if any of you need a nanny horse for any xc training i suggest you speak nicely to him

 

[BBs]

YAY sounds like you had a super time.
Well done hunny

and big pats to Joe.

Eddie is a star isnt he.

 

[Ash the arab]

Eddie is so good, and so patient - David was quite ggod too

Lots of work for me to do on Joes canter (and my riding), was having one of those days when i spent most of the afternoon apologising to Joe for being so rubbish

 

[tw1nn1ejo]

Glad to here you had a good time! Well done.

 

[PaddyMonty]

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Eddie is so good, and so patient - David was quite good too

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was having one of those days when i spent most of the afternoon apologising to Joe for being so rubbish

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As I said yesterday, it's not really your riding so dont be so dam hard on yourself. It's more about establishing the rules of the partnership and getting used to riding a big, long striding horse through trickier combinations. For a first time round XC I was impressed with Joe. He has a super temprement and I reckon will make a really nice eventer.
You should have seen Ed when I first introduced him to XC. Lets just say Joe was about a million times better than he was.
Right so thats 2 groups.....next?