Though I am riding in the cushy Cashel bareback pad. Considered going without but I didn't want my butt to get all sweaty and dirty so....borrowed this from the barn. :)
Anyway, we've been working on walk to canter transitions. And my big thing here is working on pushing my legs down at the canter as they have a tendency to draw upward. (Hanna said I looked like a jockey)
We also did a lot of walking serpentine and circle shapes and had some practice at standing still when asked to halt. (sometimes he's great [when he thinks we're done] and sometimes he gets fidgety [when he thinks we should still be moving]. So when he fidgeted and danced around, I made him trot out (he was very surprised when I kicked him to go, hah) and then after really pushing him, asked him to halt again. Then he stood.)
Anyway, here, have some video!
Day 3
6 years ago
2 comments:
Not too bad! I found it more interesting that your huge horse went readily from a walk to a canter when asked! Awesome job on both!
And would you believe that up until last week, we only ever trotted into a canter? We've only schooled that transition in two different sessions. :) I love my horse.
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