went down to wakefield again .... wel worth while. should have taken my own saddle, we'd decided i needed as Nicola had a fhoenix of course, but had i done so we could have set mine up re. the knee rolls. i have small ones, and i was practising with large ones.
stirrups went longer again
and i got the canter
so looking forward to putting that into practice. Plus, nicola said i was a lot straighter than the first time I went, so whatever i'm doing, i'm doing right...
and she's thinking baout whether or not to come up and give me a lesson on molly; could prove pricey for me, it's a fraction under 9o miles each way, but her OH helpfully pointed out that he's from just up the road from me (and used to mountain bike where i used to ride!) so he suggested a useful trip up for him to see mates. i offered to pay a tank of petrol, cheaper than the mileage rate!!!!
on the way down i'd stopped off at richmnond equestrian centre and caught my mate doing her first test (horse popped out of arena in canter, not helpful!) but she got some nice marks from thejudge, and her second test, which i missed of course, she came third in the class. So both horses are nearly qualified for national trailblazers at stoneleigh, so they're pleased
went to see them on the way back, nice lunch in local pub, but made one error .. we should have gone to get her feed before we went to the pub, as her saddler/feed store had a sale on; only in fact got there in time to pick up her feed. but then, i've spent enough.... LOL.
and then she has Richard Maxwell's new DVD, maximise your horse's potential, lots of food for thought there, i was really pleased to see it and will now try again on molly going right, using those techniques which are easier to grasp when seen....
only got home at 8pm .. happily knew i'd be late so organised someone else to bring the horse in.
and it was a gorgeous day ... once the sun came up ... if you were in the sun it was lovely, but apart from that there was a hard frost first thing this morning and there's another one building now, it's coooold out there...
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Sounds like a good day. It's always nice to find out you are improving when you work on your own.
If you can afford it, I think a lesson on Molly would be a really great idea. Having some professional imput right there would do you a world of good. I hope it can work out.
It is well below freezing here...and by Monday it's supposed to be less than 18 degrees f. *shiver* I guess the balmy winter has finally deserted us.
Horse stores are dangerous when they have sales. Maybe having no time was a good thing. *G*
Hello Claire. Just to let you know that I still stop by to see how you and Molly are getting on. Take care.
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