Sunday, January 30, 2011

Bareback work 1-26-2011



I love my pony :)

Firstly, she's learning turns on the forehand and haunches. All of these clips are just us schooling turns on the haunches. Also, she's hollow on her R side, so when we back up she likes to curve to the right. Thus, all this turns and lateral work will help to balance her. YAY balance! So, no, they're not perfect, but she gets an A+ for effort!

Secondly, my saddle is out of comission indefinitely. Prolly will need a new one, hopefully not. Saddles kind of cost an arm and a leg, y'know? BUT it does present an extraordinary opportunity to ride bareback! We've had two bareback lessons so far (today's went REALLY well!) and just lots of bareback schooling. It's good for us, good for my position, and good for Miss Greta because I can feel things better and correct them far more quickly.

But it does make my legs sore ;)
Just a thought from @

6 comments:

  1. DomJanuary 31, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    Looking good. :) Also, warm. Now I'm itching to ride bareback.

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  2. LaurenJanuary 31, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    Yay! Congrats on the 1st vertical! I haven't started jumping Spoon yet, but am going to have to take it really slow because it's been a LONG time that I've done a lot of jumping and I'm sure it's been even longer for him!

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  3. LaurenJanuary 31, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    Just had a blonde moment and definitely left the wrong comment on the wrong blog, hah!

    What I MEANT to say is that I love bareback riding, but don't do it enough. I also usually just putz around instead of working hard, so kudos to y'all!

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  4. Checkmark115January 31, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    1) where do you edit videos?
    2) I am major jealous of TX right now.

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  5. ValJanuary 31, 2011 at 8:52 PM

    You two look stunning!

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  6. DressagerFebruary 1, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Thanks guys! Bareback is good for your soul, although everything else may be begging you not to do it again the next day ;)

    It was almost 80 for the past few days, and then the expected cold front blew in this morning, so now it's down in the 20s. But that's Texas weather for ya! It'll go away in a few days :)

    Oh, and Monica, I use Sony Vegas 9.0 :)

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