'riding' Category
Poor Timmy!
Well, I haven’t been posting much because lessons have been going pretty well. Up until yesterday, that is. It’s been super cold so I’ve been a lesson-cancelling fool. But yesterday wasn’t bad, so I got to the barn, gave Timmy a quick turnout, and then tacked up. All systems go, or at least I thought. [...]
quick update – knittin’ and ridin’
Had a lesson today on Timmy, and that went pretty well, considering I haven’t ridden for almost three weeks. Oh yeah, and the last time I rode Timmy, we drifted a little to the left, he tripped, and he went down. Not much to do when there’s no horse under you. Oh well, these things [...]
today’s lesson
Rode Austin again today. (I have to get photographs of these guys!) It’s been raining the past few days, so we rode indoors. We worked on the usual ring work but then also turning on the forehand, and then walking then trotting then cantering from that. Over and over. Then we cantered over a teeny [...]
lesson yesterday
I might try blogging a little about my riding lessons as a way to remember their details and sort of organize them in my head. Yesterday, I rode Austin. Deanna was up visiting and rode her horse, Hills-B (is that the spelling?). Anyway, she is an advanced jumper rider who has been riding for 32 [...]