Thought it'd be fun today to do a little gridwork. Set up a double bounce, two strides to a vertical. Kept the bounces super tiny, and started the vertical at 2 ft, then 2'6", then 3 ft, then 3'3", then 3'6". He didn't touch the rail once!
I didn't use groundlines today because Jim Wofford said not to at the Equine Affaire last weekend, and I'm not about to argue with Jim Wofford ;-).
He was SO good! I only got the 3'6" on video and I ran through it at that height twice. I'm just going to post the videos now because I don't have much battery left on my laptop:
And here's a still I took from one of the videos, ignore my complete lack of folding at the hip, I need to shorten my stirrups a hole or two which means I need to punch more holes in my stirrups which is a pain in the butt when you have double stitched leathers with nylon in between. I think I just won the award for longest run-on sentence ever...
Anyway, here it is:
I just LOVE how his kicks his back legs to be extra careful over the jumps!
ReplyDeleteHaha I know he's adorable! And I always love the 'tail flick' he does. I'm pretty sure he is convinced that if ANY part of him at all touches the fence, the rail will fall, and he can't have that :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)