Prequel

Whoops. I got leapfroged. No matter. Tuesday:

I was feeling quite silly so instead of longlining colonel with a bit I decided to get out a longeing caversson and use the rings on it instead. Turns out those things are complicated. Colonel stood more or less patiently while I tried to figure out what goes where. There was some kind of throatlatch thing that was either too small for colonel or else I just couldn't figure it out. So I took it off. Anyway, longlined as usual and it was the same with the bit as without. Which is nice to know, thus maybe justifying my ridiculousness? Meh, Robert didn't catch us, so he didn't have an opportunity to react, and thats what matters.

Much later I got around to tacking up Star. I set up a really pretty little crossrail with ground poles on each side. She was a little worked up having Niki in the arena, she was a little worked up about the jump, but she eventually calmed down to what I considered to be suitible levels. Then we worked on the jump.

I have this fear that she will forever and ever stop and look at a jump before she goes over. I have some reasons to fear this. She still has to look at the bridge when we go over it for the first time that day. Lord knows I cant quite get her to the hay barn most days without her stoping or at least slowing down.

The short version (which I may update later, but probably not) is that I kept turning her around when she stopped instead of letting her think and then go over it. I did this under saddle and on the ground. The times she went over it under saddle, I let her think about it instead of turning around. On the ground, only after Alyssa came in and reminded me what we learned with nicki, did I let her stop and think about it and ask her to go over, and pop, over she goes. So, I learned my lesson. Star learned nothing or maybe worse. Hopefully just nothing.