Rather than focus in all the things that are not going right and getting all worried about it, instead lets have a (tongue in cheek) recap of the good things that happened this weekend:
- It was sunny out
- Instructor set up a circle of death cavalleti exercise. We stayed on the circle. My homemade jumps looked nice in the sun. Also, pony apparently does not suffer from sensitive toes.
- We cantered and even trantered on the correct lead every time.
- We cantered an entire lap of the ring in each direction (No sarcasm here, this is a legit win even if there was some spanking involved so she didn't quit on me)
- I got a serious workout in at the same time as riding my pony. Yay for multitasking.
- We eliminated another bit from the list of potential ones that could work. Also we can navigate not too badly with zero contact. Cool.
- Whoever says horses can't buck and go forward is totally wrong. Tested that theory and I find it to be false.
-Bridget doesn't really need to be looking in the direction she is travelling. We have a legit partnership because she is totally cool with trusting me to watch out for obstacles in her path.
- Intstructor is very patient, also excellent at setting poles, repeatedly.
- I got the ok to bring Ginger next time and split the lesson between both ponies.
I have to laugh at this! :)
ReplyDeleteWay to go on the tranter! Maybe our ponies can be considered gaited ;)
aww, naughty pony!!! love the list here - very funny. particularly 'pony does not suffer from sensitive toes' and patient instructor resetting poles... methinks these things are related lol. hope your next ride goes better!
ReplyDeleteSorry but LOL ☺
ReplyDeleteLoved this - naughty B, but woohoo for multitasking & splitting the lessons between the two beauties.