Thursday’s lesson was a good step in which I climbed another rung. I’m still working on my balance and keeping centered as I ride in all circumstances and ended up forgetting that for a little bit. Luckily the way things went, I was able to end on a high point. I wasn’t able to make [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Riding has a lot to do with legs
Posted in riding on 29 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Slowly up the ladder I’ve been up before
Posted in riding on 18 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s lesson was a good one. Not because I was at the top of my game but because I am progressing. This is a rebuilding time for me in which I almost have to teach myself to ride again. I hope that smart doctors would tell you that this is normal; after a jarring experience [...]
Still not quite there…
Posted in riding on 15 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think one quote from my coach summed up Thursday’s lesson: EVER SINCE THAT FALL, YOU’VE BEEN RIDING LIKE A SPINELESS WIMP. This is one of those cases where yes, my coach wasn’t giving me the nicest conditions in which to ride and yes, my horse wasn’t being as agreeable as he could have been [...]
To think I almost forgot…
Posted in riding on 11 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend, I had emailed my coach and asked if I could ride Bo again. I didn’t want to because I didn’t think I could, so I knew I had to. I hope that makes sense. And on the drive over, I had an unusual mindset. For the first time, I thought about how dumb [...]
ALWAYS WEAR YOUR HELMET
Posted in riding on 6 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, this is half-post, half-public service announcement. For this first lesson since probably January I was on a different horse. Bo is our 10 year old (ish) new acquiry. He’s normally quite calm and his biggest problem was steering and speed. My biggest problem this lesson was my saddle slipping. It did, during the canter, [...]
Back to basics
Posted in riding on 2 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The course was pretty easy and I’m not sure what our problem was. It was a one-stride at the start of a diagonal, then a 20m circle on the left canter lead in which you completed 1.5 revolutions, and a skinny after that on the other diagonal (pardon my Paint): So problems we were having: [...]
