Sorry for missing a lesson or two, I have been really busy! Not to mention Christmas break.
I am still riding Dandy, and as of yet I have not figured him out! Our last lesson we had before Christmas break was pretty scary. We had a course of 5 jumps with a combination at the end, It was jump 1 stride jump. I was pretty excited to get it over with, and see how well I could handle Dandy while I was at it. We did two practice jumps, and we went over them really easy. Dandy also had decided to cooperate so it was easier on me. We were picked first to take the course, and I had it memorized so I didn't need to worry about forgetting it (which turned out to be a good thing). We were to take the first jump at a trot, and do the rest of the course at a canter. The first 3 jumps went really well, and Dandy was going good. When we went down quarter line to approach the combination though, that is a different story. Dandy got very excited, and full out galloped in the jumps. In the middle I lost both stirrups, and he bounded over the second jump. Then if that wasn't enough he spooked, and bolted. I almost fell off that time :P
The second time we took the course, my heels went up and I almost fell off again! Our instructor asked us to go over the combination for a third time, and this time went better (even though I was still going full speed). I was pretty shaky after I got off him haha!
Lets hope his crazy gets easier to handle!
BYE!!!
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