Saturday might have been my last lesson of the year. Before it was over, I knew it was either going to be a good one in which I stayed on my horse, or a bad one. There are times you love jumping but you’re not in love with it and lately it seemed I just [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Early Christmas Present
Posted in riding on 21 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From passenger to rider
Posted in riding on 19 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I might later write about the last few lessons I’ve had. To summarize, I feel that since riding Future with no stirrups about two weeks ago (in which I had to rediscover my balance) and Sprite last week (our aging mare who will actually bend herself around your leg) that the flatwork in the lessons [...]
Best. Lesson. In-a-long-while.
Posted in riding on 7 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had to make up a lesson and so I ended up coming on Saturday during the day. I’m so happy I did. Looking at the horses in the snowy field standing there with their blankets on just waiting while I walked through the virgin snow was something that made me reflect on the many [...]
Really? A compliment?
Posted in riding on 3 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I stood near the barn door, half shivering because I had accidentally come an hour early, when my coach called out, “Jay! Come get your pony.” The last rider was getting off and I swapped on the saddle I normally ride on, which has the stirrup irons large enough for my feet. I mounted him [...]
