I fully realize that this post is a little late, and yes I am writing this in French class :)
So the last lesson we had our final jumping class until the show two weeks from now. I rode Caffi as usual and I feel we worked really well together despite having some problems our first lesson together. It was a fun lesson and we got some super good jumps in. Unfortunatly I am not riding in next weeks lesson, and probably won't post anything next week to make up for it because of finals.
We:
- warm up at walk (flexing, bending, square turns)
- warm up at trot (flexing, suppling, square turns, leg yielding)
- warm up jump down quarter line (both directions)
- 4 jump course
- jumping without stirrups
Jumping without stirrups was really fun, and my instructor bugged me for holding Caffi back but he was really excited about jumping, and the stirrups banging against his sides encouraged speed. I think I got the release down, and my legs eventually stayed in place but it was a fun class overall. Caffi is pretty speedy over a course especially when he is hot. I don't mind a fast horse but I think he would be great for jumpers :)
After our lesson I volunteered for a birthday party at the barn, and I got to side walk for a little four year old boy riding Gemini, a dark liver bay mare. He was smiling a lot and it was so cute. When we trotted we had to hold onto him pretty tight so he wouldn't bounce off! After we asked him if he was having fun and he replied "I don't know!" it was so so cute. That is why I love my job volunteering there!
Anyways thanks for reading, and I will try to post again later next week if I have time. Otherwise I might
post this week as well, who knows?
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