It really sucks about the clinic being canceled but the lesson went well. I also have a new show to get ready for, I think I said I am really focusing on non-event stuff this year because it is just too hard to find time to drive 6+ hours to go to a show for 2 hours.
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| Warm ups! |
2 hours to/from the closest venue and 45 mins one way to the barn, it really is too much driving for me at this point since I have so little time on weekends. Things are way too busy to lose an entire weekend to showing :(
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| Trit trots |
But that's okay, I am finding a couple of options. We had the jumper show, which was cool and I would do another one. Up next is a new Prix Caprilli test in a dressage show.
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| Some contact |
What?! I have heard of this only from
Andrea so it is cool to hear someone doing around me.
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| Left canter getting better |
It is basically a dressage test with a couple of jumps thrown in the middle. How cool is that!? I contacted the show organizer and got a copy of the test, I think I will try the 2' and 2'6" class and see how it goes. Can't hurt right? Has anyone ever done this before? I am kind of excited!
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| Coming nicely! |
The lesson went really well and it did a good job of kicking my butt, but the pics are horrible. Like seriously bad.
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| I swear M said this looked good |
The look bad, the lighting was bad, ugh hate. So much hate but this is a documentation forum so here are pics! M said I have improved so much in my outside rein since last time, 80% better.
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| The trot is really coming along this direction |
We worked on really forcing myself to keep it while forcing Mia to STAY there, apparently, I am really really good at dropping the contact as a reward to Mia. Erm, not supposed to do that.
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| Pretty |
When we went from canter to trot, for example, she loved the canter and as soon as Mia trotted, I stopped keeping her collected and on her hocks, letting her fall on her forehand and stretch. So....we did a lot of that.
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| Contact dropping, bad rider |
My pinched nerve in my shoulder is still not 100%, maybe 90%? 95%? On Friday though, my arm became useless after all of the outside rein work. Note to self, shoulder is not ready for that much of a workout still!
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| The lighting omg |
Thankfully it bounced back on Saturday and is back to about 90% "good". Stupid getting older, why won't my body just hurry up and fix itself?!
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| So pretty when she wants to be! |
The other piece of information that we gleaned from the lesson was that the left rein cannot be straight when it is the outside rein.
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| Shoulder in |
Mia is using my rein as a blocking tool and not really bending her body, forcing her haunches to come in which also forces her neck to bend.
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| Less of this please, ugh! |
I need to open my left outside rein more to my knee for a while to help counteract some of her bracing.
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| A little more of this |
Once we can fix that, and we can keep the spring in her haunches that she had on Friday, we should be looking really good for a dressage test. Fingers crossed?
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| More this and we may be ready for our show! |
Looking good! And glad your shoulder is feeling better! Also those prix caprilli tests are awesome and you should totally do one ;)
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