The Return to Riding Report Card, week 4
Apr. 9th, 2008 04:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanFor those still following the saga...
Switched horses yesterday -- was assigned Snaps, who was not named for his habit of biting but tried to do so anyway. He bit, I hit, we went on with the lesson in perfect accord (he didn't even bruise me, so it wasn't a serious bite, just more of a test to see what he could get away with. Answer: nothing).
Snaps is an 8-year veteran of being a school horse and, as C said, "will do only what you ask -- but you have to ask him right." So, having been deemed Acceptable in the basics, I am now being tested to see what I actually know.
I have work to do on my corners.
a lot of work.
Also, must remember to go gentle when he gets stubborn. Confuses him into doing what I want. :-D
On the plus side, my transitions are good, the legs are mostly staying where I want them, my hands remain still and steady, and even with his high trot and omgwhee! canter, I was secure in the saddle. And I woke up without any muscle pain at all. Although the shots of vodka last night may have had something to do with that, too...
Today I did some work stuff, some financial stuff, and some family stuff, and tried to juggle plans for the forthcoming weekend, so I can fit everything in. May not happen. Priorities must be determined . :-(
Switched horses yesterday -- was assigned Snaps, who was not named for his habit of biting but tried to do so anyway. He bit, I hit, we went on with the lesson in perfect accord (he didn't even bruise me, so it wasn't a serious bite, just more of a test to see what he could get away with. Answer: nothing).
Snaps is an 8-year veteran of being a school horse and, as C said, "will do only what you ask -- but you have to ask him right." So, having been deemed Acceptable in the basics, I am now being tested to see what I actually know.
I have work to do on my corners.
a lot of work.
Also, must remember to go gentle when he gets stubborn. Confuses him into doing what I want. :-D
On the plus side, my transitions are good, the legs are mostly staying where I want them, my hands remain still and steady, and even with his high trot and omgwhee! canter, I was secure in the saddle. And I woke up without any muscle pain at all. Although the shots of vodka last night may have had something to do with that, too...
Today I did some work stuff, some financial stuff, and some family stuff, and tried to juggle plans for the forthcoming weekend, so I can fit everything in. May not happen. Priorities must be determined . :-(
