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mu0ljk
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Yesterday I went for a lesson with somebody who had been recommended to me.
It was the first time Dylan had been out in the trailer on his own and bar a bit of a paddy before we left (neighing, kicking....
) he settled down ok. I got him out and tacked up and got on and he seemed quite calm and we stood for a bit watching the lesson before me (HUGE jumps going on) and then Jane came over and we decided to go into the school and see how he was and then possibly move into a field as the school was very dry and deep for his little pony legs!
It turned out that he was fine - we walked, trotted and cantered with no problems so we moved out into the field. I had told her that I was struggling to keep my lower leg forward - it keeps slipping back and then I tip forwards ....and it all goes wrong!
Interestingly she made me put my stirrups up a hole after having been told to lower them continually at home and she got me walking round and using my legs to get an active walk and then my hands just to gently ask for his head to lower. Once we achieved that we moved into trot and so we rushed off as fast as posible and she got me to bring him all together into a lovely shape - I felt like we were just floating along! Then he started showing off and throwing in some spanish walks which she loved! (only thing is - i don't know how to ask for it or how to get him not to do it! ).
Then we did a bit of canter work and then moved over to the dressage arena and worked around and then in that - working on our straight lines which ...erm..aren't!
I really enjoyed it and felt like I got a lot out of it. They have lots of space to work in too - an outdoor school, several fields with x-country jumps and they are having a big indoor school being built too - so 'm definately going to go back!
Right, here's the bit you've been waiting for
Warming in in the field
bit more collected
into trot
into canter
It was the first time Dylan had been out in the trailer on his own and bar a bit of a paddy before we left (neighing, kicking....
) he settled down ok. I got him out and tacked up and got on and he seemed quite calm and we stood for a bit watching the lesson before me (HUGE jumps going on) and then Jane came over and we decided to go into the school and see how he was and then possibly move into a field as the school was very dry and deep for his little pony legs! It turned out that he was fine - we walked, trotted and cantered with no problems so we moved out into the field. I had told her that I was struggling to keep my lower leg forward - it keeps slipping back and then I tip forwards ....and it all goes wrong!
Interestingly she made me put my stirrups up a hole after having been told to lower them continually at home and she got me walking round and using my legs to get an active walk and then my hands just to gently ask for his head to lower. Once we achieved that we moved into trot and so we rushed off as fast as posible
and she got me to bring him all together into a lovely shape - I felt like we were just floating along! Then he started showing off and throwing in some spanish walks which she loved! (only thing is - i don't know how to ask for it or how to get him not to do it! ).Then we did a bit of canter work and then moved over to the dressage arena and worked around and then in that - working on our straight lines which ...erm..aren't!
I really enjoyed it and felt like I got a lot out of it. They have lots of space to work in too - an outdoor school, several fields with x-country jumps and they are having a big indoor school being built too - so 'm definately going to go back!
Right, here's the bit you've been waiting for
Warming in in the field
bit more collected
into trot
into canter
