2013-2014 Horsemanship Journey

Try: gets the award for stretching in the canter. 

Online was a good grooming and later shower plus grazing.

Ride: 1. We did walk til she blew plus my matching/syncing with her walk and trot.
2. Played with getting good energy--ride out at a good trot then drop to wp jog and repeat.
3. Pattern: figure 8 with contact working on myself--weight more in outside stirrup in turns, straight line, half halt and use my shoulders to turn then bend on the new circle.
4. Canter laps with contact and stretching--I was able to sit it meaning she was using her HQ so much better and she licked and chewed and was happy. used holding legs to slow once or twice.

Devon: Day 2 Not as good as yesterday. Devon gets award for enjoying grooming so much.

Good grooming and later shower and grazing went well.

1. Warmup at walk and trot went well--including follow my focus tho too much nagging. Tempo of gait ok and bending in corners with outside let good. Lost it with 2 point and especially the double trot when I took my focus off him and onto myself he began testing me with LBI tricks i.e. not maintaining tempo in the gait and weaving on and off the rail (not following direction). Then my position would get worse and we would have to stop/walk and begin again. Finished tho by going back to basic trot and walk.