Thursday, April 11, 2013

Uber Busy

I'm so behind on my blog!  It has been an uber busy week, but that doesn't mean I haven't been riding, it just means I haven't had any time to write about it :-)

Sunday was a beautiful day out at the farm, so although I still haven't dragged any jumps outside, I decided we'd work outside again.  Alex was awesome, his baby flat-work is much improved from where we were when the abscess and winter arrived.  I actually thought about that a lot as I was riding around, since it was windy and there were a few distractions lurking.  Last fall I didn't know Alex and didn't really have a handle on his quirks.  Now a little wind, other horses and mostly his bouncing around don't really bother me.  We've come a long way already!

Alejandro Himself

Tuesday we had another good ride outside and my mom came to watch/give pointers.  I've been told I need to do more circles, spiraling in and out especially at the canter, doing more leg-yields and shoulder-in at the walk working toward it at the trot.  So now I have a to do list.

Tomorrow we'll be back to work, and since I finally dragged some jumps out yesterday, we can start working grids outside.  So exciting!

6 comments:

  1. He looks very handsome in his figure 8!

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  2. Yay for good rides! Hopefully things slow down a bit for you :)

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  3. I love figure 8 bridles!

    Can't wait to hear about how your grid work goes! :)

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    1. I have recently (within the last few years) developed a love for figure 8's. Alex goes well in this one, so we'll keep on using it! Multi-jump grids this week as long as the weather cooperates ;-)

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