| Subject: Working Cobalt! |
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Date Posted: 17:48:39 10/07/02 Mon
Susan mounted Cobalt and grinned as she gathered the reins. The Trakehner stallion was such a beautiful 5 y/o! You couldn’t help but admire his glossy black coat and rippling muscles. Susan shoved down her heels and began her warm up. Cobalt snorted eagerly and moved into an energetic walk. Susan kept her position perfect and asked for a good bend in the corners. The black stallion tucked his head into a hunter frame and bent perfectly, wrapping around her inside leg. She grinned confidently and squeezed. He moved into a big, gliding trot and came lightly on the bit. His stride was gliding and smooth as Susan balanced him through figure eights, serpentines, and circles. She sat perfectly in the saddle and slid her outisde leg back to ask for the canter. She touched him firmly with it and smiled with pleasure when he picked up a big, lovely canter. He snorted and moved freely through a few movements. Then, Susan balanced the big stallion back and guided him to the trails. He pranced excitedly along and Susan rated him as she guided him to XC course. When they reached the 3’ course, Cobalt threw his head up and trumpeted. Susan squeezed firmly and he cantered a circle, lightly on the bit and responsive. Riding firmly towards the hanging log, she adjusted his stride and kept her seat light, but steady. He soared over it and landed perfectly. She grinned and pushed him over the next few rugged jumps. His stride was light and gliding as he soared over the ski jump. They soared through the 12 jump course. Moving landing in the water after the last jump, Cobalt skimmed across the ground in a hand gallop, moving with a swift, light stride. He seemed the picture of grace as he slowed to a perfect extended trot, gliding over the ground with huge strides. Susan smiled and tugged gently on the reins, pleased with the stallion’s obvious progress. Riding Cobalt back to the barn, she couldn’t help but wonder what would happen when he and Delilah both showed second level dressage against each other. At the barn, she untacked Cobalt and turned him out in his paddock, after giving him an apple.
THE NEXT MORNING…
Susan swung into the black dressage saddle and gathered the reins into a light contact. “Alright, Cobalt. Let’s do some dressage!” she whispered to the Trakehner. He bobbed his head playfully and set out in a smooth walk. Susan held the reins in a light, but firm contact and the stallion tucked his head to his chest, in a perfect frame. She warmed the Trakehner up and then said, “Cobalt, time for the serious stuff.” She started him up the long side. Then, she closed her right rein, squeezed with her left leg, and exaggerated her posting. Cobalt pushed his right shoulder toards the middle of the ring, tucking his head even closer to his chest. “Good boy!” she praised and then promptly had him perform a shoulder-in left after a change of rein. She worked him through these, feeling proud that she had raised the tiny foal into a dressage star! She then started Cobalt on a large circle, bending him expertly. She slid her outside leg behind the girth and squeezed. The stallion sprang into a lovely flowing canter, perfectly round and on the bit. Susan gauged his speed and then took him across his diagonal. She asked for flying lead changes and he snorted performing them eagerly. She asked for the counter canter on a 15 meter circle. It was a difficult move for the big stallion, but he did it beautifully. She smiled and took him through a first level dressage test, because it was such goo practice. She dismounted and led him to the barn, smiling happily! :-)
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