Today I started with Smarty as I wanted to work on my position in canter and also my canter lead changes so when it comes to doing this with Blossom I will be better and hopefully be able to help her more.
I started on line playing with:
1. Extreme Friendly game
2. Yo Yo on the 22ft line
3. Loads of sideways - it is getting good!!
4. Circling game playing with transitions from trot to walk
I then saddled and mounted and checked my lateral flexion which is now getting really soft, we then followed the rail and played with transitions from walk to trot and trot to walk to back up. He was really good and really responsive to my energy, but then Corine started playing extreme friendly with her horse using a tarp and an umbrella so this got Smarty a little worried. So when I asked for canter he was very impulsive and really wasn’t listening to me so I decided to forget about the lead changes for today and just played with the figure of eight pattern in walk and trot to get him relaxed again and then finished.
Today with Blossom we played with:
1. Extreme Friendly game in all zones
2. Getting her to put her back feet on the pedestal, which she done!!
3. Yo yo game
4. Loads of sideways
5. Circling with transitions
6. Change of direction
7. Circling from a flank rope, First time doing this and she was really good!!
8. Driving from zone 5
I then played at liberty with stick to me and it was going really well, and for some reason I decided to get on her. Totally crazy idea to get on a really impulsive pony that doesn’t even have a halter on, well anyway I did and started with follow the rail at walk. Seen as I managed to not die during this lap of the arena I decided to put a savvy string around her neck and carried on riding like this. She was brilliant and we managed to do the figure of eight pattern in walk and trot and even managed to do walk and trot transition following the rail. I was so happy I didn’t think I would ever be able to ride Blossom bareback and bridleless!!!
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2 comments:
Excellent fun Leanne. Isnt' it funny what our horses will do that we think they can't. Superb with Blossom and bareback/bridleless, also with the back feet up on pedastal. Maybe Blossom's impulsiveness is to do with the bridle/hackamore and things around her face and when you took that off she was okay? I know with my Sol he's usually a bit 'pully' on ropes but get him at liberty and he doesn't put a foot wrong? Weird huh. Keep up the fab play, you're an inspiration.
Hey thanks!!
Blossom has just been so good lately, even with the halter on she is soft and relaxed - Think I might bring her back home with me, maybe the threat of leaving her had made her decide to be good!!
xx
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