Friday, August 1, 2008

Not much to say, again.

Mr. Keno was much better. I asked him to do trot poles but he was acting a bit ouchy in the near arena so we went out to the jump arena and he was fine there. We did lots of circles, at the trot and at the canter. He didn't want to pick up his left lead canter. When he did and I asked for a circle, he got pissed, dropped his shoulder, and started bucking. We stopped, reorganized ourselves, and cantered some more. Then he did beautifully cadenced, balanced circles, even pretty small ones. I think the problem is I don't push him out enough with my inside leg, because once I got insistent about inside leg and outside hand he was good. Which, yeah, is the foundation for dressage, but neither of us are at the level where we should be using primarily that. Oh well. It was a good ride nonetheless, and he's getting a lot better about being rinsed off afterwards. But oh man those canter circles were awesome.

Dylan was also excellent, he lunged very nicely, longlined quite well, and even pulled the tire! No real fuss; a little nervousness but that again manifested itself by a brisk walk. Now we need to stand. For a very long time.

Robert's lessons were focused on precision, so he did the driving thing where you have to put the wheel between two rails. I sat and watched one of the lessons. I think I could do it, but I'd have to drive more, and I'm sure it's much harder with a big horse.

I got pictures of the wedding from Jerry, so once the good ones are resized instead of obscenely large I'll post them on here.

1 comment:

gillian said...

I need to get on star and ride and do the same thing. She'll be pissed that she's unbalanced but she's probably not going to fall over and maybe she'll figure out how to shift her weight over her feet. Her coordination over the poles makes me think she can do it if she decides to focus.

Yay canter circles. Also, yay inside leg + outside rein.