Totally agree with Bernster no "just" or "only" allowed, but I was impressed with your horse's buck, ouch!
MP, does AT use activation bands, or are they something different? Rose's sharer has activation bands, they come in different sizes depending, I guess, on your height. She says she'll give me a session with them but for the time being I'm happy to watch her getting to know Rose. Actually, it's going really well. She loves riding Rose and is getting some super work. she had a lesson with JS at AM Dressage this morning and is really upping the standard of work. She's a much better rider than I am and less than half my age so I am thrilled to have found her, just sorry her own horse is off work ATM. Rose is shattered!
MP, does AT use activation bands, or are they something different? Rose's sharer has activation bands, they come in different sizes depending, I guess, on your height. She says she'll give me a session with them but for the time being I'm happy to watch her getting to know Rose. Actually, it's going really well. She loves riding Rose and is getting some super work. she had a lesson with JS at AM Dressage this morning and is really upping the standard of work. She's a much better rider than I am and less than half my age so I am thrilled to have found her, just sorry her own horse is off work ATM. Rose is shattered!
hahaha I was glad I was on Kira tbh and it's not something I would be using on Darcy! I really want to try riding a zigzag with it on because just single half passes were so much better, i think it would make me stay in the right place in the zigzag instead of climbing all over the horseAre activation bands the giant elastic bands that get slung around you? I had a session with Kirsty Edwards from Fit2Ride a few weeks ago, and she used them. They had an amazing effect, but I'm not sure I'm brave enough to strap myself up like that without assistance present in case I can't untangle myself!
hahaha I was glad I was on Kira tbh and it's not something I would be using on Darcy! I really want to try riding a zigzag with it on because just single half passes were so much better, i think it would make me stay in the right place in the zigzag instead of climbing all over the horse
Few stills from our video at weekend
The first is that moment when you realise there is a ditch behind the "pole"
And a bit of ugly jumping over what he thought was a huge brush ?
Hes not mega ditchy, he does take a little bit of riding over new ones that are particularly deep or scary. The pole just hid it enough that he really hadn't spotted it. Made me laugh a lot. He backed off a little here and there but otherwise was great until the brush. I'd seen pics and knew it looked imposing, and said in the course walk it could cause an issue. But, while it's a big scary fence, it's literally on the home stretch so at least that was pretty kind.
You cant even see it in the video, but I really felt him looking for a way out, I'm probably over cautious really in our training and hes learned to trust me a lot and he really did there, once I said we were going he gave it his very best.
We will have to work really hard for times, he was the heaviest horse I saw all day there - although Lexi would know better than me about that. But Saturday saw him keep a good rhythm and finish strong so if we can open up a little over winter we might be a bit closer next year
He'll certainly progress further up the dressage levels than he will eventing. Ive quietly got my eye on PSG for him, but realistically he'll never get beyond grassroots eventing. He's probably got scope for 100 but I'd have to be absolutely perfect dressage and SJ wise and have him super fit to even think of being in the top half of a class. Whereas with dressage he does actually move quite well and he'll be rideable and accurate so I feel he could be more successful as we go up the levels.Mine is a dressage horse exclusively now ?
He'll certainly progress further up the dressage levels than he will eventing. Ive quietly got my eye on PSG for him, but realistically he'll never get beyond grassroots eventing. He's probably got scope for 100 but I'd have to be absolutely perfect dressage and SJ wise and have him super fit to even think of being in the top half of a class. Whereas with dressage he does actually move quite well and he'll be rideable and accurate so I feel he could be more successful as we go up the levels.
However, he enjoys his jumping so I'm not going to abandon it but I am realistic about both his and my limitations