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Subject: Riding My Horses Author: Lana [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 17:26:16 11/14/02 Thu I mounted Pirate. The pretty Andulasian walked toward the arena. I trotted him for a couple of laps. Then I cantered him. He responded almost immidiatly and took off in a rolling canter. I cantered him over some crossrails then over some taller jumps. Then I took him too my jumping course. I set all of the jumps to 4'3". I set him out to a canter. I cantered him over the long course. We came too the slope and cantered up it. We took the little jump at the top. Then he trotted down the hill. 2 canter stides off that we landed at the liverpool. We both mis-judged that and we took the rail down. Next was an Irish Bank. Pirate soared over that. Then a rollback. Tight turn, and we were over. The last one was a bounce jump. Pirate was great. I patted his neck and led the well mannered Andulasian back to his stall. I took off his tack and patted his neck. We went for a walk and he ambled along behind me. "Hey Pirate," I laughed as he stopped dead and flehmened. "Pirate come on," I pulled on his leadrope. He woke up and walked on. After 20 minutes I took him back to his stall. I mounted Callie and walked her toward the arena. We trotted around and I popped her over some small crossrails. Then I cantered her around. I popped her over a couple more small crossrails. Then I raised the jumps to 3'9". I warmed her up at a light canter. I cantered her toward the first jump, a crossrail. Next was a liverpool. Fine over that. We cantered on toward a vertical. She did great. Then on toward a bounce. The first part: soared over it, the second part: almost too late of a takeoff, but we made it over. Then on toward a big oxer. Callie leaped over it tucking up her legs perfectly. Then on toward a jump made out of tree branches that Dylan and I made. Callie soared right over it. Then toward a rollback. Callie jumped it clean. Then the last jump an Irish Bank. Callie did great. I patted her on her neck and walked her back to her stall. I untacked her and put her in her paddock, with a blanket. The pretty Trakhener walked toward the arena with me. I mounted her and we trotted. I posted and just for fun we did some weaving. Then I trotted and cantered her over some ground poles. Then I cantered her over some verticals. Sparkle tossed her head and I noticed I was holding the reins a little too tight. I eased up and sat taller and stretched my heels down. We did some dressage(wich I don't know much about). I worked on her extended and collected trots and canters. Then we practiced some bending. We worked on a some more dressage stuff. I cooled her out when we were done. Then I put her in a paddock with Callie, Sparkle cantered around as she showed off her gallop. I went to get SuInset. I tacked her up and mounted I quickly took Sunset over some verticals. Then I worked on some dressage. Sunset was being a little fiesty today. She threw up her head. I eased up on the reins. She calmed down but then started prancing around. I walked ehr and tried to get her to canter. She kept fighting me. After 5 trys I finally got her to canter 3 times around. After that I decided to call it quits. I untacked her and let her out in her paddock. I watched her kick up her heels as she showed off. I watched for a couple of minutes. Then I started back up to the barn. I did my barn chores and went inside. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]