Just throwing it all out there. Flying changes left to right are coming along swimmingly; the other direction is coming along not at all -- sigh. Patience. We've only just begun. Oh, and she tripped and almost went down at the walk for no apparent reason except a possible tumbleweed sighting.
Monday, May 29, 2017
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Monday, May 15, 2017
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes! and a little baby passage
Clair and I had a BLAST during Suzanne's lessons. I learned how to ride with the whip pointing straight up, making it easier to give a pop on either side, especially when Clair is blowing me off. I gave her a good pop to wake her up, and then after that all I had to do was wave the whip in her sight line and she would give me lots of forward.
We also worked on Clair's very first flying changes. She was SO good. She didn't get excited or on the muscle. We didn't get a clean change in either direction, but both ways we did get a couple late-behind changes. I was thrilled with these first attempts. Such a good mare. Also, she gave me a teeny bit of baby passage when we stopped to switch directions. Fun!
We also worked on Clair's very first flying changes. She was SO good. She didn't get excited or on the muscle. We didn't get a clean change in either direction, but both ways we did get a couple late-behind changes. I was thrilled with these first attempts. Such a good mare. Also, she gave me a teeny bit of baby passage when we stopped to switch directions. Fun!
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Dakota starts counter canter
Suzanne May was in town for Mother's Day weekend to meet up with her son, who is considering moving here from Minneapolis. We didn't have a full-on clinic, but Suzanne taught three lessons each day. Everyone did so well! R and Dakota started learning the shallow counter-canter loop from first-three. To the right they really got it! The left still needs some work, but isn't that always the way? They had some gorgeous trot work as well.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Willow had a filly!
Do y'all remember Willow? The mare I purchased in Texas and took with me to Oregon? And then had to part with due to my struggling finances? She found a home with a nice young woman in Texas who decided to breed her last year. Willow had a baby as a three-year-old, the year before I bought her, and is now sixteen, I believe. She had a beautiful filly! As yet unnamed:
The sire is Allerbester the Hanoverian:
More Allerbester information.
The sire is Allerbester the Hanoverian:
More Allerbester information.
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