Badass Jumper Pony

Friday's lesson with Gracie went very smoothly. It was a great confidence builder - she "very bravely" took me over the blue barrels several times like it was NBD (because for her, it wasn't. At all.) I'm excited to show her on Saturday. Leo got the weekend off to be a horse, and we reunited this evening for our much-anticipated (on my end) jumping lesson.

I don't have any media, and I don't have much in the way of new photos since I didn't go to the barn all weekend. But. My horse is amazing, you guys.

Unfortunately, it was not this sunny today. 
Despite the misleading photo above, today's lesson was held inside (aka back in my comfort zone). However, the indoor is significantly smaller than the outdoor, and there *are* shavings in it still, so the courses involve ~very~ tight turns. Trainer K set a particularly twisty 2'6-2'9 course, which involved a tight 2 stride bending line from a wall (solid jumps are literally everything that scares me about life right now) to an oxer, rollback to a single diagonal. I would draw this in Paint except for the part where I suck at computers.


Leo rocked it. The first time through the bending line he ducked out of the oxer, but it was my fault for forgetting to steer. He nailed every turn and every jump aside from that one. After that first time around, we got the oxer. 


The last thing we did was pick any two jumps and do them without stirrups - a favorite exercise of Trainer K's. The easy choice was the outside line, but I wanted to prove myself to myself...Leo and I did the oxer, rollback to the diagonal, and the second time through it was seriously perfect. I am so proud of my horse...And so glad that I remembered how to believe in him again. I'm not sure that my confidence is back up to 100% yet, but I'm back to being excited again about the show this weekend! 

Comments

  1. EventingSaddlebredStyleFebruary 20, 2017 at 9:32 PM

    I'm glad that things are looking up. Hopefully the show will go well too. Good luck!

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  2. emmaFebruary 21, 2017 at 5:06 AM

    Aw that's great!

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  3. TrainwreckInTealFebruary 21, 2017 at 5:43 AM

    I am so looking forward to the show and coming to see you guys!

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