Thursday, November 8, 2012

Dressage update!

I've had four or five dressage lessons now and I can really see myself improving.  Today was my first time with the canter in the lesson and for some reason, I felt off-balance and like I was going to fall off or Maxi was going to topple over.  Maybe it was just because of my lack of sleep last night, but it was really weird.  I canter the polo horses all the time no problem!  Other than that, the lesson went really well and I hope I am good enough to compete come spring!

Polo season is over and I've just been hanging out.  Last weekend, I house sat and horse sat the polo horses.  They all behaved very well and there was nothing exciting.  I rode once and jumped Allie a little bit (a very, very, very low jump that she could walk over, but she acted like it was really high at first.  Goofy horse).

With lack of anything else to say, here are some photos.
 Me "jumping" Allie in a polo saddle
 Me hugging Allie.
 Oprah, who is an ex-polo horse that has arthritis and is looking for a new home.
 Allie
 Allie
 Foxy, Nicole's dog.
 Aussie, one of the cutest horses I have ever met.

 Maxi, the horse that teaches me dressage... She's a saint with my bad riding.

Nicole working with her horse.

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