media catch-up #1

Seriously not much to write. I am happily typing on a tiny keyboard for my tablet, so maybe it will be easier to update now, since my laptop has bit the big one.

 

Video is a little bit of us attempting to get Holly's hind end to respond (i.e. yield,) then us jumping mostly on a big loop of two baby jumps.

Pics are from last week, when my jumps still had the slightest bit of respectfulness to their height.

Holly is a lazy girl over baby jumps, so pics are not so pretty. Bright side, I get to make her practice speed and distance without my having a panic attack over how tall a jump is.

Trainer is determined to keep me going over anything she can for as long as possible, so I don't become too weenie post baby.

Luckily trainer has plenty of flat work ideas, so I won't get too bored, lots of shoulder/haunches in, flying changes, patterns, leg yielding, and eventually counter-cantering.

Holly so far rises to the occasion and picks most of it up pretty fast. She gets everything, just sometimes disagrees with how you ask for something. Ah mares.

That has also led to us using draw reins. I'm not loving that whole extra coordination required with the extra reins, but they serve their purpose well. She is so much easier to frame up for days after, and not nearly so heavy on me.

Umm... yea I guess I'll add the rest to another post, still behind on editing things, I can only take so much YouTube toddler videos to keep the kiddo occupied while I edit...