Baby Deuce grows up

This is my riding journal. It is meant to help document the
training of my young horse Deuce. I'm teaching him all about dressage,
but he teaches me so much too!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Leaps and Bounds

Rode Deuce today and had a lot of fun. Canter departs are a peice of cake, so I worked on lengthening/shortening strides in the trot and canter. By the end I felt like Deuce's canter was floating. I feel like this is the first time I've really felt him reach under and step into the contact at the canter. It was a really good feeling!

Did a little shoulder in. I guess the seat aid in the should in is to put more weight on the outside seatbone? Still confused but I do know that Deuce will naturally move towards the heavier weighted seat bone to get back in balance.

Did some trot/halts today and made sure they were from the seat. He did okay at them but not at first. I need to do these first thing before he gets tired. Will hopefully get a little jumping in tommorow. Just for fun. :)

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