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Alle
9th Apr 2005, 05:48 AM
Usually Sevi's trainer rides her on Thursdays and Fridays, but these past two days she has been pretty sick. :( So, she had me ride Sevi instead and she gave me a private each day. And she pushed us both more then usual too, whcih was great!

So yesterday, I was able to get Sevi working on the bit really well, and get her lifting more in canter. She has a flat canter, which my trainer has been working on and now she lifts and uses her back more. Usually, I have a harder time with this, but it all clicked yesterday. And her trot work was awesome! I was thrilled and grinning the whole time. :D

Today, we got off to a bit of a rough start but then worked it out. We did some nice shoulder-in work and simple changes. I hadn't done changes on her ever, even though she has started on her flying changes with her trainer, and it was so much fun!

Anyway, I felt that some real progress has been made over just this past week, where for the last several months we've been in a holding pattern...not getting worse, but not getting better either. Now I can't wait for my normal lesson tomorrow!

lizBur
9th Apr 2005, 05:55 AM
Congrats! I love it when everything just clicks.

kedwards
10th Apr 2005, 02:42 AM
Well done!

I love the feeling of making some big steps of progress after a long period of plateau like that.

Alle
10th Apr 2005, 04:24 AM
Thanks you guys! It is a wonderful feeling. We didn't do quite as well today, but once something new has clicked with me, I don't usually regress backwards...much. :p

Most sports are up and down, but with horses it's even more so since you're dealing with a living, thinking creature and not just yourself. Nothing quite like it at all! :)

MadMumInKent
10th Apr 2005, 07:16 AM
Well done ! You must be thrilled :)

cazrider
10th Apr 2005, 03:08 PM
Well done Alle. Great to hear. It's fab when it goes well isn't it :)