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After a good session last week at Coombelands where I feel very comfortable, we took G to Rackham on Tuesday night - I've never ridden there before, so it was taking me out of my comfort zone, and we don't think G has been there before either.
Started off very well with some small logs and palisades, then S sent me off over a pheasant feeder which is usually in the 90. We chipped a stride in, but on the next go round, I pushed him to take a longer stride and we flew it. Came round to a chair and he almost stopped but I pushed him on and he clonked it. Came round again, he ducked out; so approached it for a third time and the little git did a sharp duck and I went flying out of the side door :rolleyes3:
Shouted at my instructor to put her bloody hat on after we'd checked that I hadn't wrenched my (bad) knee, and she got him over it with a little encouragement, then she made me get back on and do the pheasant feeder again but my confidence for doing the chair had taken a big hit so we left it and moved onto the steps.
Jumping downhill and steps are one of my big fears, so I was chuffed to bits to do these quite well, then a house was thrown in and we ground to a halt! I just hadn't got myself organised enough after the steps, and if there's a tiny window of opportunity G will take it; we came back and cleared it no problem, then did the steps/house combo.
My friend went off into and out of the woods but I felt the jumps were just a little too challenging for me, so next was the sunken road. Did this well, including a roll top afterwards, then headed off to the water. We came through the water and heading for the house after it, but as we got to it I realised how big it was...and pulled G away. Then got my instructor to get on him to instil some confidence in him as it was just a little too large for me, and I have so little confidence, we try to preserve it. I'd already done much bigger fences than I'd imagined.
Video of our exploits here:
[video=youtube_share;gVgSxIAwpGc]https://youtu.be/gVgSxIAwpGc[/video]
Started off very well with some small logs and palisades, then S sent me off over a pheasant feeder which is usually in the 90. We chipped a stride in, but on the next go round, I pushed him to take a longer stride and we flew it. Came round to a chair and he almost stopped but I pushed him on and he clonked it. Came round again, he ducked out; so approached it for a third time and the little git did a sharp duck and I went flying out of the side door :rolleyes3:
Shouted at my instructor to put her bloody hat on after we'd checked that I hadn't wrenched my (bad) knee, and she got him over it with a little encouragement, then she made me get back on and do the pheasant feeder again but my confidence for doing the chair had taken a big hit so we left it and moved onto the steps.
Jumping downhill and steps are one of my big fears, so I was chuffed to bits to do these quite well, then a house was thrown in and we ground to a halt! I just hadn't got myself organised enough after the steps, and if there's a tiny window of opportunity G will take it; we came back and cleared it no problem, then did the steps/house combo.
My friend went off into and out of the woods but I felt the jumps were just a little too challenging for me, so next was the sunken road. Did this well, including a roll top afterwards, then headed off to the water. We came through the water and heading for the house after it, but as we got to it I realised how big it was...and pulled G away. Then got my instructor to get on him to instil some confidence in him as it was just a little too large for me, and I have so little confidence, we try to preserve it. I'd already done much bigger fences than I'd imagined.
Video of our exploits here:
[video=youtube_share;gVgSxIAwpGc]https://youtu.be/gVgSxIAwpGc[/video]
