My friend and I took our horses to a local venue for a showjumping lesson this morning.
Was good fun and got a lot out of it, but Cyrus was a bit spooky at first in arena at all the new things and a little bit cheeky too!
We warmed up and did a practice fence, then took turns doing a course.
My RI did make some of the jumps quite challenging and some quite big (to me anyway).
We had some refusals and runouts but I was delighted with last round as we jumped clear and he really tried his best for me.
Here are some photos my friend took
Tomorrow we have our very first dressage test at another venue and I am kind of nervous as he is not really a spooky horse but new environments I think take him a while to settle so I am hoping a good warm up will work and he won't have conniptions at the white dressage boards!!
Will try my best anyway and enjoy it and both Cyrus and I are having a day off Sunday, think will need it after all the early mornings!
Cyrus got all plaited up tonight for the morning as we leave at 7:30am as on just before 9:30am.
Here he is looking rather smart
Was good fun and got a lot out of it, but Cyrus was a bit spooky at first in arena at all the new things and a little bit cheeky too!
We warmed up and did a practice fence, then took turns doing a course.
My RI did make some of the jumps quite challenging and some quite big (to me anyway).
We had some refusals and runouts but I was delighted with last round as we jumped clear and he really tried his best for me.
Here are some photos my friend took
Tomorrow we have our very first dressage test at another venue and I am kind of nervous as he is not really a spooky horse but new environments I think take him a while to settle so I am hoping a good warm up will work and he won't have conniptions at the white dressage boards!!
Will try my best anyway and enjoy it and both Cyrus and I are having a day off Sunday, think will need it after all the early mornings!
Cyrus got all plaited up tonight for the morning as we leave at 7:30am as on just before 9:30am.
Here he is looking rather smart