More of the same

See, its kinda winter-like in Cali :)

Really haven't written because there just hasn't been that much going on. There's been lessons, and trainer rides, but mostly flatting, and really nothing special.

Mustn't forget to mention an awesome giveaway by She Moved To Texas :-) Because who doesn't love to win stuff. Especially in dreary winter.

Last week we included fun stuff like after a full lesson on the flat, going into the scary round pen and doing lots of sitting/posting/canter transitions, trying to stay in frame and not look like a giraffe when passing the side closest to the chickens (they live under a house!) which was uber scary apparently. I learned I really need to not raise my hands, get her head down, then just dump the reins back down. I am clearly not used to being in charge of maintaining contact.

Booooring stuff.... :)

This week the WS jumped Holly inside, up to 3ft and considering she just hopped on her, said she was bright eyed but good. I rode her Friday inside. She was pretty chill, very little spooking considering there was a ton of stuff going on outside (like big trucks unloading hay).

My trainer had me jump around  2'3", just a single vertical mid arena. We had to do some stopping before the jump so princess didn't rush the jump, but overall she is a quiet, willing jumper most of the time.

Out of the whole round pen,
she rolls next to the wall

Since my trainer wanted me to do simple changes (read: I suck at changes and she doesn't want me messing them up) so we got lots of bunny rabbit bouncing at the end of the arena as I tried to slow her down to a trot and Holly let me know she very was game to swap leads, even if I wasn't asking. Argh. I just worked on slowing her sooner before turning, so it was clear what we were doing. 

Of course my human child was running amok through the barn so no video from the hubby (boo).