Slowly But Surely - Progress

This past Sunday I had a lesson after 2 weekends. I was SO excited and nervous. I hadn't ridden a TB in 2 weeks! Nor had I really felt I had continued in my path to get back in shape for fall show season...oh well...So I tacked Mr. Satch up and got him out to start in the ring. I was feeling extra confident after my adventure in California so we only warmed up in the ring then headed out to the field.

In the field we worked over trot poles and a small crossrail followed by another small crossrail.

Satchmo was feeling pretty good and trying with all of his might to stay well behaved. He plopped over the fences and then gave me hints he was having so much fun that he wished I would let him run amok in the field. I had to say no. We want good calm behavior in the field!

The crossrail got upped to a vertical and after he landed nicely we stopped jumping and did some transition work in the top half of the field and called it a day.

Good Boy, Satch :) Cathy and I are contemplating what sort of bit to use in the field. And we're still taking things slowly with him again as not to overwhelm him. No more bucking! :)

Slight Detour

I went on vacation and missed 2 lessons... hence why this hasn't been updated in a while. I will update after my next lesson this Sunday :)

Jumping Again

Last week I got to jump again! I was really nervous but it turned out to be SO much fun! Satchmo is almost back to his old self :) We stayed in the ring this week getting back into jumping just so we could have a relaxed atmosphere. Next time, though, we're going to need to get back in the field and overcome our field jumping issues. That'll be a potentially tough lesson. But Mom and Dad got some pretty nice jumping shots that I've added to this blog. I have to take a 2 week break though, due to a horseback riding vacation I'm going on with my Mom so hopefully that'll keep me in riding shape and maybe I'll learn some new tricks :)

We started our warm up with an X and then moved to approx. 2' and capped out around 2'3". Go Satchmo! :)