RayLa
12-09-2009, 06:22 PM
Hey guys (:
I'm not sure when I posted my last riding update, probably last week, so Ill just tell you about todays lesson (:
So since CD is still off, Jenna rides Axel and I cant ride Kegan anymore, Ive been "stuck" (not that its a bad thing, hes such a cutie!) with Joshy! (:
So the barn was a bit of a mess tonight, lots of boarders around other then just Jenna and Myself..Joshs saddle was missing, so was his neck leather (a sitrrup leather that we put around his neck to old when jumping- however I never use it..) and yeah..everything was so all over the place! Plus my coach Jess was a way so I had my first lesson with the owner of my barn. Since im new there so she still doesn't know me...she knows Jenna but refereed to me as "Josh". Its really hard to ride him around her because he is her baby, her own horse! So everything you do is criticized...either good or bad.
Anyway, when we were warming up Josh spooked at a pile of snow in the arena, we had a little scare, I lost a stirrup, Axel got a little spooked but all was fine :) He got over it! We did w/t/c fine, he framed right away in the trot which was good. Kathy made me ride with uber long stirrups...at least to me, they were dressage length, and Im used to hunter, but w.e.
Then we did trot and canter over poles (I think they were 5 strides in between?) which I wont lie...my trot to pole corners were awesome ;D
Canter to pole turns were a little ruff but they got a lot better :)
Jumping was awesome, however we nearly crashed into a standard...miner details ;D
Then we jumped a course, Kathy put flowers under one of the fences in the line, which Josh decided to loook at, I new he was going to do, but there was nothing I could do to help get him over it, hes honest and jumped it, but it was akward, and I lost a stirrup, then I halted to get organized...I wouldnt have been able to get ready for the next fence...Kathy wasnt to happy about it, but right now im just not strong enough to do that ;D
Anyway, overall it was a great lesson :) He was a really good boy!!!
Also any tips on weight loss? Well not calling myself fat, I just want to maintain a weight..I gained 5 pounds in a month =/ And xmas is coming up...I just eat so many bad foods, but there so tempting, so I want to get in shape and eat healthier :) Tips anyone!?
www.youtube.com/canteringcanadian
I'm not sure when I posted my last riding update, probably last week, so Ill just tell you about todays lesson (:
So since CD is still off, Jenna rides Axel and I cant ride Kegan anymore, Ive been "stuck" (not that its a bad thing, hes such a cutie!) with Joshy! (:
So the barn was a bit of a mess tonight, lots of boarders around other then just Jenna and Myself..Joshs saddle was missing, so was his neck leather (a sitrrup leather that we put around his neck to old when jumping- however I never use it..) and yeah..everything was so all over the place! Plus my coach Jess was a way so I had my first lesson with the owner of my barn. Since im new there so she still doesn't know me...she knows Jenna but refereed to me as "Josh". Its really hard to ride him around her because he is her baby, her own horse! So everything you do is criticized...either good or bad.
Anyway, when we were warming up Josh spooked at a pile of snow in the arena, we had a little scare, I lost a stirrup, Axel got a little spooked but all was fine :) He got over it! We did w/t/c fine, he framed right away in the trot which was good. Kathy made me ride with uber long stirrups...at least to me, they were dressage length, and Im used to hunter, but w.e.
Then we did trot and canter over poles (I think they were 5 strides in between?) which I wont lie...my trot to pole corners were awesome ;D
Canter to pole turns were a little ruff but they got a lot better :)
Jumping was awesome, however we nearly crashed into a standard...miner details ;D
Then we jumped a course, Kathy put flowers under one of the fences in the line, which Josh decided to loook at, I new he was going to do, but there was nothing I could do to help get him over it, hes honest and jumped it, but it was akward, and I lost a stirrup, then I halted to get organized...I wouldnt have been able to get ready for the next fence...Kathy wasnt to happy about it, but right now im just not strong enough to do that ;D
Anyway, overall it was a great lesson :) He was a really good boy!!!
Also any tips on weight loss? Well not calling myself fat, I just want to maintain a weight..I gained 5 pounds in a month =/ And xmas is coming up...I just eat so many bad foods, but there so tempting, so I want to get in shape and eat healthier :) Tips anyone!?
www.youtube.com/canteringcanadian