Post by alexis on Jul 10, 2005 10:27:49 GMT -5
My beautiful mare was in an awesome mood today. She was hyper, but she was controlling herself. I had bought her back when she was 3, and she had no human contact since she had been in a field all her life. She had such a turn around, and now she is one of the sweetest horses around! She could definitly go for a schooling horse when she was older, but for now she had the energy to do jumping and showing. I tacked her up in the jumping saddle, the weight was different on her but she lived with it. She took the bridle easily and then we were off
Warm:Up
We did an easy walk, trot, canter both directions with collecting and extending. I wanted lots of energy for jumping.
Jumping
I set up a few jumps. 2' Vertical on the track, 2'3 bounce jumps on the quarter line, 2'6 3-jump combination down the center line. Then across one of the circles, I put a 2'9 jump. They were pretty high just for practicing, especially for a young horse like her.
Getting back up on her she was showing her hyperness now. She took off at a fast trot, then a canter, but I pulled her back into a walk. Then we trotted and cantered over the 2' vertical on the track a few times, moving into the 2'3 bounce, 2'6 combination and 2'9 jump. It was the first time she had jumped 2'9.
I counted our strides in, 1... 2... 3... She was gaining pace, but I wasn't going to slow her down until we were comfortable with the jump. She eyed it, and lifted up her head as to refuse, but she did this when she was giving her all, which lost us points in hunter. Lifting up her head, she brought her knees up with it and started. The jump was effortless to her, but I could feel her every movement. She bounded with her back legs, then moving up to bring her back legs up. For a few seconds we were airborn, and then her front legs hit and she brought her back legs over. She had cleared it with lots of room to spare. She took off at a fast canter, and I brought her back around to it. She had done the exact same routine again, this time she didn't lift up her head, as to show it was now boring. She got bored very easily.
Warm:Up
We did an easy walk, trot, canter both directions with collecting and extending. I wanted lots of energy for jumping.
Jumping
I set up a few jumps. 2' Vertical on the track, 2'3 bounce jumps on the quarter line, 2'6 3-jump combination down the center line. Then across one of the circles, I put a 2'9 jump. They were pretty high just for practicing, especially for a young horse like her.
Getting back up on her she was showing her hyperness now. She took off at a fast trot, then a canter, but I pulled her back into a walk. Then we trotted and cantered over the 2' vertical on the track a few times, moving into the 2'3 bounce, 2'6 combination and 2'9 jump. It was the first time she had jumped 2'9.
I counted our strides in, 1... 2... 3... She was gaining pace, but I wasn't going to slow her down until we were comfortable with the jump. She eyed it, and lifted up her head as to refuse, but she did this when she was giving her all, which lost us points in hunter. Lifting up her head, she brought her knees up with it and started. The jump was effortless to her, but I could feel her every movement. She bounded with her back legs, then moving up to bring her back legs up. For a few seconds we were airborn, and then her front legs hit and she brought her back legs over. She had cleared it with lots of room to spare. She took off at a fast canter, and I brought her back around to it. She had done the exact same routine again, this time she didn't lift up her head, as to show it was now boring. She got bored very easily.