Blog Hop: Right Here Right Now

So, since I'm like super behind, I might as well just do a blog hop :)

What am I currently working on in lessons?

Well.... EVERYTHING. But here's the gist of what I'm mostly getting yelled at for schooled on.

Holly:
Straightness. No haunches in going to the right because it feels easier for her, no worming around to the jump (or after), no falling in at a corner... When I stay really relaxed and focused, she is so lovely.

Pace. This is as much me as her. I have to really get her going way faster than I think and let her fly when jumping. She's a good pony, she comes back to me, I need to trust that more.

Me:
Eq. When you make the mistake of riding a horse of a similar color, while wearing the same colored polo and breeches as a much better rider, you start to notice that you don't look the same in photos. I know I've gotten miles from where I was, but now I wanna look pretty while riding, not like a crazed chicken. And my trainer I am sure would love to not waste her voice on my lack of elbow control.

I guess I could at least tuck my shirt in :P

Confidence. This goes up and down, but luckily I lesson with a great trainer and an awesome group that reminds me that I'm a better rider, and I'm riding a great horse in the making. I've also learned it just about every 3 weeks or so I start feeling like a complete loser, maybe its hormones, and ride it out, because there's always some better rides on the horizon.

and I did.

.......But now trainer has me trying saddles like this...

Voltaire's Stuttgart 

Amazing... and way over my saddle budget

(heck over my initial horse budget)