College Week 4

(..As you can tell I'm struggling to think of an inventive name for this post..)

Monday 30th September

I rode Chancer a 14.2hh blue & white Cob X gelding (needless to say I looked massive on him!) We spent most the lesson doing sitting trot without stirrups to improve our lower leg position. I had the additional challenge of getting Chancer to bend round the corners, which he wasn't to keen on! After bending round a few corners he thought it was a better idea to bend so much that I went into the wall, or not at all. Then we
when I continued to ride him forward he decided to have a cheeky prance about & tried to rear. He tried it on a few times, but fortunately I could use my height as an advantage till he stopped playing about!

Chancer

Tuesday 1st October

Instead of riding on Tuesday we worked on lunging the horses. I have only ever lunged once before (a cheeky exmoor pony that liked to buck when on the lunge..) so it was nice to lunge Charlie Brown, commonly known as the slow one on the yard! I've still got a way to go as my coordination is all over the place, but I think it was a good start to lunging.

Wednesday 2nd October

In Wednesday's riding session we were filmed riding the horses in walk, trot and canter, so that we can analyse our positions on the flat next week. For this I rode Flash, a flea-bitten grey gelding, who is known for being highly strung when in the school, but with me he seemed ok, apart from going slightly sideways in canter.

Friday 4th October

We were at the college for jumping academy training this week, so I rode Sadie, a bay 15.2hh cob X. We worked on strengthening and securing the lower leg by riding with our stirrups 3 holes higher than jumping length (a total of 5 holes shorter than for flat work) and later without stirrups, both in rising trot, jumping position and also standing straight up in the stirrups. During all this I had to keep the reluctant Sadie in trot - needless to say my legs had a work out!

I'll finish with this post with this picture of Hannah, that I took while on the yard, Monday morning - it's a hard life being a horse!

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