December 01 2012 Lesson # 13

Hey readers!!!

I am so sorry that I have been missing a lot of posts lately, but i have been uber busy lately. SO im starting here again.

I have recently been riding Rizzo, but this last Saturday I was switched to a Percheron X gelding named Dandy. He is a gorgeous flea bitten grey with HUGE feet! He has great manners in the tie stall, and lifts and holds his feet nicely for picking them out. He is a really tough ride though!

We warmed up on our own with flexion (which Dandy is good at), and some trotting circles etc. We also worked on emergency stops, and leg yielding. Our coach set up a great course with a combination curved jumps. Dandy is a great jumper..... If you can stay on

The first jump we did together was kinda scary! We trotted in on a short rein slowly, and nicely and then Dandy took it upon himself to full out gallop towards the jump, leap over in a perfect bascule, and gallop off afterwards. He is really headstrong over jumps, but used to ironically be a hunter jumper. After the first jump I got used to his craziness and we worked fairly well together, except for the fact that he blew past the second jump in the combination both times we took the course.

Haha he is such a goof, I am riding him for a while lets hope I can figure him out like I figured out the other horses I have rode.