I can't believe it's 2019 already, 2018 went by way too fast! On January 1 I got to the barn early, and had the arena to myself. Our last few rides had felt really good, so I decided to ride in my jumping saddle - just start with some flatwork and see where it goes from there. After a light warm up we started trotting over some poles, throwing in a few halts after. Then we cantered a circle over a single pole on the right lead. That felt good, so we trotted into and went through a little grid, coming to a halt after. Cupid was soft and quiet through the grid, and came to a halt but was a little squirmy holding it for a few seconds.
My confidence was pretty high, so I picked up the canter and pointed Cupid at the coop jump. It's only 2', but we haven't jumped it before, nor anything solid in quite a while. Although I had a moment of doubt a few strides out, I closed my legs and Cupid hit it perfect and smoothly sailed over, and came to a halt when I asked a few strides later! I was happy with that, so we left the arena and had a nice cool down walk around the property.
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| First time over this coop |
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| Grid |
This was a great way to start the new year, and I'm really excited about continuing our progress!
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| Reservoir I pass on my drive to the barn |
Yay! Sounds like a fantastic start to the new year :)
ReplyDeleteaw what a great feeling ;)
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