A friend of mine flew in from Texas yesterday and I ended up dragging her to the barn with me for my lesson. Poor thing isn't used to the cold, but she thinks Kieran is pretty.
Yesterday's lesson was a lot more about working on Kieran than working on me. Lots of circles, weaving through cones, and trotting over poles. And then, with just a few minutes to go, Christina says, "are your legs tired yet?" and I say, "almost" and she says, "well if they're not tired yet, I want you to drop your stirrups."
Apparently, the look on my face was priceless.
But I dropped my stirrups and did my damnedest to post without them around the ring and over the poles.
And then we were done and I asked my friend, "you want a pony ride?" So we got her (in a helmet!) and mounted up on Kieran and cooled him out (not that he even broke a sweat) walking her around the ring.
Apparently it was her first time on a horse since she was a kid and first time ever in an English saddle. And Kieran just plodded around the ring with me. (he always looks confused when I get off him and someone else gets on, LOL). :)
Day 3
6 years ago
2 comments:
Good boy! I find that Izzy likes to test me when I ride, but when I put a beginner up on her, she just plays pony. It sounds like your boy does the same. It's a good trait. ;-)
Yeah, he's definitely a good boy and I think a lot of his testing moments with me are just baby-learning-to-do-this-stuff things. :)
Post a Comment