RachelFerd
Well-Known Member
Today, thanks to the mysteries of east anglian soil, I jumped on grass! No mud in sight!
Sadly I have no photographic evidence due to cameraman being busy, which is a shame because Pete jumped superbly.
He's been back in work for 10 weeks now after having a few months on holiday while I was
busy with the racehorse mare and sorting out a new (much closer) yard so I could make better use of our limited daylight hours. However there is no school, so haven't jumped him since June now. I booked a lesson with Barrett Watson (thanks partly to reccommendations on here) and was expecting the horse to be rather rusty but actually he was great, like I had never left off.
Finished off the session by jumping a full course including all sorts of fillers, stiles,
watertrays, doglegs, the lot. Only about 95cms or so, but he was jumping super. It never
fails to amaze me just how easy he is to showjump, never changes his canter rhythm, jumps off a deep spot or a long spot equally well and listens to every aid without even a discussion.
I think Barrett rather liked him, he is an instructors dream I think, does exactly what he
is meant to do and actually lets me influence him. I said I was just aiming to get him back
out at BE90 in the spring and then BE100 later on when he is ready. Instructors comment was that there is no reason why he can't go further up the levels this year, and that there were no problems to fix - just improving him further by getting his flying changes on cue and bringing the canter more uphill and into the bridle.
Can't wait for the event season to start now, March seems ages away at the moment but no doubt it will creep up on us quicker than expected.
Sorry for gushing post, but I haven't been out doing much with the horses for a while now,
so even a showjumping lesson is pretty exciting stuff
Sadly I have no photographic evidence due to cameraman being busy, which is a shame because Pete jumped superbly.
He's been back in work for 10 weeks now after having a few months on holiday while I was
busy with the racehorse mare and sorting out a new (much closer) yard so I could make better use of our limited daylight hours. However there is no school, so haven't jumped him since June now. I booked a lesson with Barrett Watson (thanks partly to reccommendations on here) and was expecting the horse to be rather rusty but actually he was great, like I had never left off.
Finished off the session by jumping a full course including all sorts of fillers, stiles,
watertrays, doglegs, the lot. Only about 95cms or so, but he was jumping super. It never
fails to amaze me just how easy he is to showjump, never changes his canter rhythm, jumps off a deep spot or a long spot equally well and listens to every aid without even a discussion.
I think Barrett rather liked him, he is an instructors dream I think, does exactly what he
is meant to do and actually lets me influence him. I said I was just aiming to get him back
out at BE90 in the spring and then BE100 later on when he is ready. Instructors comment was that there is no reason why he can't go further up the levels this year, and that there were no problems to fix - just improving him further by getting his flying changes on cue and bringing the canter more uphill and into the bridle.
Can't wait for the event season to start now, March seems ages away at the moment but no doubt it will creep up on us quicker than expected.
Sorry for gushing post, but I haven't been out doing much with the horses for a while now,
so even a showjumping lesson is pretty exciting stuff
