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Subject: Katie's Kids Lessons!!!!

Author:
Mal

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Date Posted: 15:59:22 09/20/02 Fri

I walked down to the barn with Ann, Christina and Carl in tow. Then I went into the office to wait for Katie and her kids to get there for their lessons. After awhile I heard a truck and trailer pulling up the drive. I went out and greeted Katie and the kids. Carl went and helped Amanda unload Livin' Wild. Then they led her to the barn and crosstied her...

~Amanda's 1st Lesson~
Amanda led Wild out to the arena and I told her to mount up. Amanda checked the girth then pulled down her stirrups and mounted up. Then I told her to go walk around the ring. She barely tapped her legs to Wild's sides and Wild set out at long fluid walk. As she walked around i noted how she kept her body in a straight line. "Ok Amanda extended trot please" Her signs were inevasible as she asked for an extended trot. She did 2 laps of the ring then I asked her to canter. Wild strode out and did it perfectly. "Ok Amanda drop your stirrups and trot posting please.� Amanda kicked her feet out of the stirrups and headed out at the trot again. �Ok now sitting trot� I said after a while. �Now pick up your stirrups.� Ok I think that is enough for today cause I still have to give you a jumping lesson and a jockey lesson.

~Amanda�s 2nd Lesson~
�Ok Amanda mount up on Pleasure and warm him up.� She finished warming him up then I dragged out the jumps and put made them 2-foot gymnastics. �Ok canter up to these and I want you to stay in 2 point throughout the whole thing.� She nodded and put him into a canter and headed down the line. She did it but Pleasure stumbled on the last jump but quickly got back up. �Amanda bring him over here will you I just want to check his legs.� I felt down his legs and said, �Amanda he can�t jump today his legs are starting to swell up and he skimmed his knees when he jumped.� �Ok� She dismounted and led him towards the barn and I went to get the racehorses.

~Amanda�s 3rd Lesson~
I got out three of the racehorses. I got out One In A Million and Mach Three and Star Performance. I tacked up Million for Amanda then I got Carl to tack up Mach Three and Christina to tack up Star Performance. Then we took them out to the track and Carl gave Amanda a leg into the saddle. �Wow this is a small saddle it feels like a dish cloth,� said Amanda �I know eh.� Replied Carl. I gave Carl then Christina a leg into the saddle. They all went onto the track and warmed up the horses. Then I told Amanda that she was to go in between Carl and Christina for their gallop. I saw that Amanda knew how to control a racehorse at a slow gallop so I just let her be for this lesson. They set out at a slow gallop and they went around the track for 2 laps then they eased the horses back to a canter then a trot then a walk. They brought the horses back to the gap and I told Amanda that she would be able to breeze the next lesson. Then once the horses were cooled out Amanda and Carl set out for a while on a trail ride. And Christina went to get the horses ready and I went to find Staci�

~Staci�s 1st Lesson~
I went and got out Trib. Since he was a big pony I wanted to get Staci used to riding bareback. Then I got out Strawberry and mounted on her. We went out the gate and headed towards the trails. �Ok today we are just going to get used to riding in water bareback and to practice your gaits. We headed out to the open meadow and started to trot. We just sat to the trot and I saw that Staci was slipping a bit. �Staci grip with your legs and hang on to the mane if you feel unsteady. I am going to show you a canter ok. You don�t have to canter if you don�t want to.� �Ok� I squeezed Strawberry into a canter and I sat to it then after a few minutes I stopped her and told Staci that we were going to go to the river now. We headed towards the river and when we got there I had Staci go thorough the river for a while then we headed home and I got out Splash Dancer and tacked him up.

~Staci�s 2nd Lesson~
Staci mounted up and started to walk around the arena. I told her to keep her heels level not down then I asked her to jog. She settled into a jog and started to post to it. I told her to sit instead of post. She did that fine. Then I asked her for a lope and she totally fell apart. It all happened in slow motion. She lost her stirrups and lost her balance and fell. She hit the ground with a thud. I ran over to her and yelled to Katie to come over here. Staci got up and started to cry when she tried to get up using her wrist. I told her to stay still and I yelled at Christina to go get the first aid kit. I wrapped up her arm in a support bandage and told Katie that she had just sprained her wrist. I told Erika to go up to the house with her and to get her comfortable on the couch and watch TV with her. Then after I reassured Katie that Kevin was up at the house and that Staci was in good hands we went to get Jamie for his lessons and gave Splash to one of the grooms.

~Jamie�s 1st Lesson~
I told Jamie to go and tack up Aristole my new horse. When he came back I gave him a leg up onto the big horses back and let Christina teach the lesson while I went to see how Staci was doing. �Ok Jamie I want you to go into an extended sitting trot.� Said Christina. He moved out and sat easily to A�s trot. Then Chris asked him to canter for a while. After about 5 minutes they worked on leg yields and shoulder ins. They also worked on transitions. At the end of the lesson she had him hand A off to a groom and go tack up Lucky.

~Jamie�s Second Lesson~
Jamie tacked up Lucky and then went into the ring and mounted up. He warmed her up then Chris set up a course that ended with a 3-ft jump. He went around the course with ease. First was an easy crossrail. Then he headed towards a 2-ft Swedish oxer. Then came a 2�6 ft spread. Then a Liverpool and a brush jump. Then came a triangle and an in and out. Then a tricky bank. He ended the course with a 3ft spread. After he cooled Lucky down and Chris asked him if he wanted to ride bareback today. He said that he didn�t really want to try it. So Chris gave him to a groom and went to get Kimmy and Clara ready for their lesson.

~Kimmy and Clara�s Lessons~
They tacked up Storm and Strawberry for their lessons. First they did some flat work. I had them each canter a few laps of the ring then I told them to trot with no stirrups. They did it easily. After an hour of flatwork I let them practice some ground poles and some crossrails. Then I had them take a 1-foot jump.
Then I mounted up on Trib and told them to take off their saddles and then we set out for the lake. Their we had some fun in the water and then went home to watch Katie�s western lesson and Jam�s work.

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