raingodz
16th Jul 2006, 09:53 PM
I was on Connor (sorry, still no photo) in my lesson on Saturday, the first half of the lesson started off with some trotting work, first of all with stirups then with out. Then we moved on to cantering, I found my transition a bit hard to start with and my sterring was no better :( but I know I am not the only one to have these problems on Connor, some one in my lesson said that when she rides him she can either steer or canter, but not both :rolleyes: (and since I have yet to beat this person in an monthly RS competition I assume that she is a better rider than I am).
In the second half of the lesson we did some jumping work working on a double with about 2-3 strides inbetween (sorry, I know I should be paying attention to this stuff and know how many strides etc...). The problem I had was that on my approach I established canter but then a few strides from the jump Connor would drop back to trot and jump at a trot. We were OK, but did knock a 2foot jump down (and I looked back, still need to stop that habit too :o)
At the end of the lesson my RI said it was good to see me on a horse I find difficlt because it made it easyer to see some of the things I still need to work on. Last time I rode him it was a different RI, I'm not sure this RI has seen me riding Connor before.
And the things that need work (highlighted by Connor) were leg position and being more acurate with my leg aid when transitioning to canter. I will have to pay more attention to what I am doing, but it is true that on some horses I am not transitioning to canter as directly as I should.
In the second half of the lesson we did some jumping work working on a double with about 2-3 strides inbetween (sorry, I know I should be paying attention to this stuff and know how many strides etc...). The problem I had was that on my approach I established canter but then a few strides from the jump Connor would drop back to trot and jump at a trot. We were OK, but did knock a 2foot jump down (and I looked back, still need to stop that habit too :o)
At the end of the lesson my RI said it was good to see me on a horse I find difficlt because it made it easyer to see some of the things I still need to work on. Last time I rode him it was a different RI, I'm not sure this RI has seen me riding Connor before.
And the things that need work (highlighted by Connor) were leg position and being more acurate with my leg aid when transitioning to canter. I will have to pay more attention to what I am doing, but it is true that on some horses I am not transitioning to canter as directly as I should.