Photos; Liz lesson day
lesson with liz. Funny's definitely in heat.
got tacked up and rode up. liz's dogs were running loose and came flying by. funny was good. got a little amped up but not terrible. was stupid at the gate because I really need to move those darn standards out of the way.
talked with liz and walked and then eventually trotted a loose stretchy trot warm up. she was soooo good. walked with liz and worked on me. I collapse in my right core and tip forward to the right, stemming from my pelvis. So... think left shoulder back and upand turn my core left. She told me to bring my left leg back and down, which fixed my pelvis. but it was hard. but it did help. and that made funny straighter. Tracking left (because i'm turned right) Funny wants to fall right and overbend left, so... if I think shoulder fore, haunches out, it helps. especially if I think shoulder fore for ME!
picked up the trot and it was a bit dramatic in the beginning of every restart but got nicer. worked on my body position and when i got straight, funny got straight and quite lofty and bouncy. yay! had some naughty moments. stayed on a small 15-18 ish meter circle. right shoulder drifted hard at a certain spot tracking left. I want to cross my left hand but thinking of opening it from my elbow helps. i also need slightly wider hands. like at my hips.. not at the wither. that allows her to find her balance. She wants to pull my forward so sit back on my left seatbone and lift and bring my left shoulder back. Open my core by opening my "pooch". My crotch to belly button collapse, so lift that and don't collapse my chin. lift my sternum. Tracking right i have to think about sitting behind her a little bit.. more like rolling back onto my seat.. vs getting perchy on my crotch. super subtle but a difference.
got some nice work and then moved to the canter. better from the walk. (she's got those down pat). I have to follow her head... not lock my upper body and brace. We got an amazing right lead canter after multiple attempts. i thought about lifting her back with my back and sitting upright. Originally she told me to step into my left stirrup but that just makes me tip. I have to sit into my left buttcheek and lift my right shoulder and hip bone. tracking left is harder but easier. we got a nice canter there too but it got a little wild and wooly. spooked at a deer. then had a tantrum cause her foot hit the standard. had to give her time to process.
Build ME and she will come. Start and stop more often. don't pick a fight or let her pick a fight. Just place myself and give her whatever time it takes for her to come to that place. allow her to fall in or out of transitions as she needs. take the time to let her process when she starts getting rowdy. it's not so much her fighting as her being overstimulated. she does love me and is going to be phenomenal when we can get each other figured out. it is coming along though!! liz said her balance was much better in the trot already and it'll get there in the canter. and today.. that right lead canter felt AMAZING!!! And we had a step or two to the left that also felt amazing.
good pony!
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