Hello,
I had an amazing private 1 hour lesson at 9 this morning on a horse I had not ridden before, a lovely 15.1hh piebald horse called Jigsaw who popped into a lovely and neat little outline easily which was highly appreciated from me. He was as good as gold today and I felt like my riding improved a heck of a lot in the one hour I rode him for, he's a new all time favourite of mine.
I did some walk to trot transition work at the start of my warmup, then after about 10 minutes I did some canter work. He worked very much on the forehand, so I had to really be aware of where I was sitting and sit deeper in the seat. He is one of the most sensitive horses I have ridden (more sensitive than a 15.3hh 19 year old dun Arab I ride elsewhere called Murphy which I thought would never happen) and therefore I didn't have to spend most of my lesson trying to get the horse to move into a walk and instead he just carried me along. However I did have to do quite a bit of work with my legs as he lacked bend in his body and had a little bit too much flexion. After I had ridden him successfully in the warmup I was instructed to do 3 loop serpentines up and down the indoor school.
Above: Diagram of a 3 loop serpentine (courtesy of google)
It took a few turns to get him using his head and working with me, but it all paid off as he was there for me when I was turning about. To spice up this excerise we rode a 20m circle in canter twice upon completing the serpentine, then resume excerise so on and so forth. I did this until the end of the lesson.
All in all I felt it was an extremely rewarding lesson, and I think the feeling was mutual from Jigsaw as I got a huge great big horse kiss complete with a mouthful of hay on the side of my face prior to untacking him and sponging down his sweaty little body.
Eve :)
I had an amazing private 1 hour lesson at 9 this morning on a horse I had not ridden before, a lovely 15.1hh piebald horse called Jigsaw who popped into a lovely and neat little outline easily which was highly appreciated from me. He was as good as gold today and I felt like my riding improved a heck of a lot in the one hour I rode him for, he's a new all time favourite of mine.
I did some walk to trot transition work at the start of my warmup, then after about 10 minutes I did some canter work. He worked very much on the forehand, so I had to really be aware of where I was sitting and sit deeper in the seat. He is one of the most sensitive horses I have ridden (more sensitive than a 15.3hh 19 year old dun Arab I ride elsewhere called Murphy which I thought would never happen) and therefore I didn't have to spend most of my lesson trying to get the horse to move into a walk and instead he just carried me along. However I did have to do quite a bit of work with my legs as he lacked bend in his body and had a little bit too much flexion. After I had ridden him successfully in the warmup I was instructed to do 3 loop serpentines up and down the indoor school.
It took a few turns to get him using his head and working with me, but it all paid off as he was there for me when I was turning about. To spice up this excerise we rode a 20m circle in canter twice upon completing the serpentine, then resume excerise so on and so forth. I did this until the end of the lesson.
All in all I felt it was an extremely rewarding lesson, and I think the feeling was mutual from Jigsaw as I got a huge great big horse kiss complete with a mouthful of hay on the side of my face prior to untacking him and sponging down his sweaty little body.
Eve :)
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