Step by step
Dawn J-L
didn't ride for nearly 10 months because of my surgery. Tawny has
been coming along with redeveloping fitness. I plan to keep riding
her through the winter when I anticipate she will have regained her
previous level of condition and performance ability so I can offer her
for sale. Since the market is so darn poor right now anyway, I prefer
to get her going solidly again before trying to sell her. She's a
nice mare and deserves to be presented to her best advantage.
Meanwhile, I have been lunging Amira for the last two weeks to prep
her to be restarted after more than 4 years as a broodie/pasture pet.
After a brief lunge session to warm up, I saddled her, mounted up, and
went for a nice walk. She gave a few nervous glances to the
neighbor's white cat who was hunting rodents from atop a fence post,
but was quick to focus on me and resume our "work". There was no
fidgeting, no bucking, no balking, and maybe three brief breaks into
trot --no drama really. By the end of our 20 minute ride she was on
a consistent light contact and responding well to weight and leg
aids. I just love this mare.
Dawn JL
just working on basics for the moment....
Catja Pafort
> By the end of our 20 minute ride she was on
> a consistent light contact and responding well to weight and leg
> aids.
That's the point about getting it right first time: the horses stay
trained. They might need a little time to accustom to the idea again,
and they *will* need time for their bodies to be able to conform, but
after a short phase to remind them, you'll be able to continue more or
less where you left off.
She could not have made you a better compliment.
Catja
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Dawn J-L
Pafort) wrote:
> Dawn J-L wrote:
> > By the end of our 20 minute ride she was on
> > a consistent light contact and responding well to weight and leg
> > aids.
>
> That's the point about getting it right first time: the horses stay
> trained. They might need a little time to accustom to the idea again,
> and they *will* need time for their bodies to be able to conform, but
> after a short phase to remind them, you'll be able to continue more or
> less where you left off.
>
> She could not have made you a better compliment.
>
:-) Yes. One of those sublime moments in riding. Not as overtly
glorious as "upper level" work, but profound in its own way.
Dawn JL