was soo good to see luran today :) was totally stressed out trying to sort out housing for the next year of uni this morning, so was good to get down the yard and chill out a bit. I think he is starting to recognise me when i show up, which makes me happy!:)
had a really good session in the school today, with lots of transitions and work to get him forward and off my leg. he started to come into an outline after half an hour of hard work, which was really satisfying, but hard to keep him there. I know it needs to come from your leg, into your hands, and he did come nice and light in my hand, and carry himself in a nice shape-but sometimes i feel like he is really pulling me down and forwards. It doesnt feel like he is just being strong, but more like he is leaning, and trying to get more rein. I dont really know what to do, although it did start to come together towards the end. I guess also, he is riden by lots of other people when he is used by the riding school (i only have him 3-4 days of the week), so he knows what he can get away with! still, i was really pleased with him today. Also having issues on 20m circles in canter-he falls out, and and all the bend seems to come from his neck, rather than his body-its like im trying to drag him around a circle when he is trying to go straight. Im pretty sure its an issue with me-but it only happens in canter. we did hae a few nice circles at the end, with walk/canter transitions at x, the the next circle round, trot at c etc so he wasnt anticipating transitions at x. i think it must be to do with the way im sitting, but i cant figure it out, so im going to talk to cat about it in my next lesson.
gave him a bath after, he was so not impressed. totally like my first pony sam, when i washed him mane, he absolutely drenched me shaking. I love spending time doing jobs like that though. you get to miss the general faffing about that comes wih horses when you dont have one for a while. like the way you can spend whole days at the yard not really doing anything! i miss all that.
help with my canter issues please!!
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