I have now come to the decision that giving Mayfly a day off when she is only having like 1 hour turn-out a day and spending the rest of her day inhaling haylige and standing still is, well not a clever idea.
I was left with a very sweaty, jiggy mare and a hot tried me by the end of today's session!
However, she did not fail to make me happy...
Our Leg yielding is close to perfect, today instead of shoulders falling outwards there was actually bum driving outwards - WOW
me thinks she was too excited today to managed medium trot I just got canter, but I did get some very collected trot...passage next (or not).
Also managed counter counter quite well... it's just the change back that she struggles with. lol
And our half pirouette to canter is wonderful, and canter to halt...well, she is like one of those western horses when is comes to that, as she slams on the breaks. lol
Ended with some ground work, she has got the idea of following me around a circle and following me in general. I am now onto teaching her to go back easily.
And she makes me laugh when I run she throws her head around and comes trotting after me. hehe
Yet again dinner was awaiting her...silly me thought the stable door was bolted so took her bridle off and she rushed to it and pulled the door open, she is too clever for her own good! She does have to realise that her dinner is not going to grow legs and run away. haha
Monday, 8 December 2008
Saturday, 6 December 2008
Angled Doubles..ooo :D
Haven't jumped it two weeks so I guessed it was time for another super cool jumping exercise!
It consisted of 3 angles jumps - two uprights and a spread - which were also jumpable as two different doubles.
She was jumping so well :D
It is aimed to help with accuracy, and straightness when Mayfly jumps...I think it worked. I was practicing not look at the jumps and keeping my bottom leg sturdy + toes tucked in! lol
At one point she got soo full of her self I had to turn her away from the jump as she was going back to her "run at the jump" ways, also she mucked up her striding at one point bless her and I thought I was going right over her head, luckily as she is so honest she jumped it which pushed me back into the saddle!
To finish off we went for a walk up the drive, and then she had a couple of carrots for a treat for being so good, and yes the lip was wiggling!
She only went out for 1/2 hour today as she got bored...hmmm spoilt mare. lol
Friday, 5 December 2008
Lalala..Bareback
I do Love my Fly!
Recently I have come to realise the bond that we have together, and since it has become even stronger.
She is one super mare...everyone deserves their own Mayfly.
Anyways today I rode bareback as I hope to jump tomorrow so I would like Mayfly to be a little "fresh".
Was good fun, she was being a good girl. We practice our half pirouettes as haven't done much on them lately. Also ended with some leg yield...she is really getting the hang of it now which makes me very smiley!
Managed to get her to stand still whilst I sat on her sideways and the slid off, to finish on a happy happy note I ran from the far end on the arena to the gate and Fly came trotting after then I stopped and she slammed on the brakes too :o) she is a sweetie.
Ohh and she now has a nice clean rug on, her yukky one has finally gone to be cleaned. lol.
But she is still is desperate need of clipping!!!
Recently I have come to realise the bond that we have together, and since it has become even stronger.
She is one super mare...everyone deserves their own Mayfly.
Anyways today I rode bareback as I hope to jump tomorrow so I would like Mayfly to be a little "fresh".
Was good fun, she was being a good girl. We practice our half pirouettes as haven't done much on them lately. Also ended with some leg yield...she is really getting the hang of it now which makes me very smiley!
Managed to get her to stand still whilst I sat on her sideways and the slid off, to finish on a happy happy note I ran from the far end on the arena to the gate and Fly came trotting after then I stopped and she slammed on the brakes too :o) she is a sweetie.
Ohh and she now has a nice clean rug on, her yukky one has finally gone to be cleaned. lol.
But she is still is desperate need of clipping!!!
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Another "Bum Lifting" Moment
With Mayfly staying in when the weather is horrible - like today, she is chilling out stuffing her face with scrummy haylige and listening to radio 2 all day.
We have run out of "Bedmax" so for now Mayfly is on a mixture of her left over "Bedmax" along with some "Megasorb", however that is running out too so we best get a delivery soon!
On the plus side, I have decided that I do quite like skiping out on "Megasorb". lol
When it came to riding Mayfly she was her normal self to start.
The arena was still slightly crispy from the cold night and day!
After cleverly asking for some medium trot across the diagonal Mayfly chirped up and went into her tight necked jolly ways! which is always some fun :D
we did some centre line finalés, consisting of turning down the centre line picking up the trot and halting a G - immobility...practicing for any Dressage tests if any are upcoming. To be fair they were rather EXCELLENT!
Then did some changing of canter lead, as I have decided that I really should get Mayfly doing flying changes correctly - without ending up disunited, as well to be quite honest we can do most other things so this is next in the list of things to learn.
This is what caused another slight bum lift (the closest she'll ever get to bucking) ahhh she does make me giggle.
Fly had a bit of a hissy fit when we returned to the barn as yet again her dinner was in her stable waiting for her but I restrained her from getting to it! Ha She is such a funny one!
We have run out of "Bedmax" so for now Mayfly is on a mixture of her left over "Bedmax" along with some "Megasorb", however that is running out too so we best get a delivery soon!
On the plus side, I have decided that I do quite like skiping out on "Megasorb". lol
When it came to riding Mayfly she was her normal self to start.
The arena was still slightly crispy from the cold night and day!
After cleverly asking for some medium trot across the diagonal Mayfly chirped up and went into her tight necked jolly ways! which is always some fun :D
we did some centre line finalés, consisting of turning down the centre line picking up the trot and halting a G - immobility...practicing for any Dressage tests if any are upcoming. To be fair they were rather EXCELLENT!
Then did some changing of canter lead, as I have decided that I really should get Mayfly doing flying changes correctly - without ending up disunited, as well to be quite honest we can do most other things so this is next in the list of things to learn.
This is what caused another slight bum lift (the closest she'll ever get to bucking) ahhh she does make me giggle.
Fly had a bit of a hissy fit when we returned to the barn as yet again her dinner was in her stable waiting for her but I restrained her from getting to it! Ha She is such a funny one!
Monday, 1 December 2008
uhoh, Close Call...
I really can't understand Mayfly at the moment, she is in good work sometime even twice a day so why oh why is she so raring to go...suppose I can't really complain though!
I randomly got a nicker from her when I arrived today though..which is veryveryvery unlike her! lol
So to the riding, some general lateral work for 45mins in the arena.
Yet again she was doing some lovely medium trot maybe a little speedy but ahhh well can't be perfect (yet anyway :P)
The we moved on to doing some leg yield. To prepare you there were some jumps set up in the arena already. So Began to progress to doing some leg yield in trot and silly Fly locked onto the 3ft3 jump :O luckily managed to stop her as her front legs were literally about to lift! Her intention to jump anything and everything really can be dangerous! then she got worried so started cantering on the spot ready to shot off quickly. hehe
I felt sorry for her.
The rest of the session went successfully :o)
Once finished Mayfly shot of into the barn to attack Bonnie, but quickly realised that her dinner was waiting in her stable, so she spun around at high speed! Luckily I managed to grab her and she had to wait very impatiently to be un-tacked. lol Didn't even get a chance to rug her up, as soon and the tack was off she ran in her stable...greedy mare! and she inhaled her dinner super fast tooo!
Ohh and for anyone interested, Penny Pony goes on trial tomorrow.
I randomly got a nicker from her when I arrived today though..which is veryveryvery unlike her! lol
So to the riding, some general lateral work for 45mins in the arena.
Yet again she was doing some lovely medium trot maybe a little speedy but ahhh well can't be perfect (yet anyway :P)
The we moved on to doing some leg yield. To prepare you there were some jumps set up in the arena already. So Began to progress to doing some leg yield in trot and silly Fly locked onto the 3ft3 jump :O luckily managed to stop her as her front legs were literally about to lift! Her intention to jump anything and everything really can be dangerous! then she got worried so started cantering on the spot ready to shot off quickly. hehe
I felt sorry for her.
The rest of the session went successfully :o)
Once finished Mayfly shot of into the barn to attack Bonnie, but quickly realised that her dinner was waiting in her stable, so she spun around at high speed! Luckily I managed to grab her and she had to wait very impatiently to be un-tacked. lol Didn't even get a chance to rug her up, as soon and the tack was off she ran in her stable...greedy mare! and she inhaled her dinner super fast tooo!
Ohh and for anyone interested, Penny Pony goes on trial tomorrow.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
