A Horse is a Horse

A Horse is a Horse

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

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)

6 comments:

  1. You guys are looking great and coming along quickly. I too have a huge trust issue...it is so mental. I get caught up in the what ifs and forget to focus on my ride at the moment.

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    1. Thanks. It would be so easy if we could just shut our brains off, but I don't think that would end any better lol.

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  2. We were total twins on Tuesday!

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    1. I know, we should have put our maroon pads on, then we totally would have matched!

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  3. Your hard work has paid off and will keep paying off :)

    Bahahahaha if she doesn't yell at you for elbows- it will be something else cause lord knows she always finds something we need to work on.. rightfully so though! But that is why we love her! :) Making us the best we can be :)

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    1. yup yup, doing everything just one more time!

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