I guess I should have know it wasn't to last. It was going so well, although it did rain
ALOT in June, we were definitely making progress. Now, though, it has all gone wrong and Basil
is lame. He seems to be OK in himself and he is sound in the field so can go
out but he is not sound for riding :(
My aims for June with Basil were:
1.
Calmness - I think we are making progress
in all paces
2.
Rhythm - good trot rhythm
3.
Suppleness - Basil is looking for a contact
now
4.
Consistency of bend on left rein
5.
Having more consistent contact
6.
Right canter lead - this has been better now
Basil is paying a bit more attention to me
7.
Trot serpentines are getting more balanced
8.
Improver our canter - some times are better than
others
9.
Some new exercises - best laid plans
10.
Jump a little cross pole - ditto
This is what June looked like:
2nd - Lunged today, very good.
3rd - Arena - First time I have ridden early morning so I
took it a bit gently as Basil is still adjusting to being out at night and it
was quite cold. It also means he is
ridden before his breakfast! Our canter
was a bit fast again today but we had some nice leg yield.
4th - Rode in the arena again today - we achieved some
pretty good trot serpentines. and some better canter too so altogether feeling
quite pleased.
5th - Hack today- Basil was a good boy again. We do like our chilled early morning
potters!
7th - Rode in the arena first thing - canter is definitely
improving but can be a bit rushed sometimes.
Vet came to x-ray his tooth in the afternoon good news, all is fine :)
8th - Good lunging session again.
9th - Farrier out today.
10th - Lunged again, my back was sore this morning.
11th - Schooling in arena today, some turn on the forehand - we must practise
this more although he is pretty good at it.
Great walk and trot leg yield towards and away from track AND we had no
problems getting the right canter lead on the right rein! Progress with the rushing in canter too.
12th - hack today and really pleased because Basil walked
past lots of flags and bunting out for the Queen's celebrations.
14th - arena again.
We walked some small 5 m circles.
When I want to do trot serpentines Basil seems to think we are going to
canter so he gets fast so generally they are better on the 2nd attempt! Our canter transitions are a bit better but
when he thinks we are going to canter (not me) he rushes his trot - this is
what frustrates me! Once we get into
canter we are slightly steadier than we were though.
15th - great lunging session again.
16th - Basil managed to half pull his shoe off, luckily I
managed to get it sorted the same day.
17th - lunged - no exciting things to report.
18th - didn't feel like riding in arena today so hacked out
which we both needed.
19th - Schooling. I
do think our canter is getting better and today we managed some good work on
the bit for couple of short periods too.
Thinking we might try a cross pole next week.
20th - lost shoe & foot sore.
23rd - shoe back on but still foot sore :(
No more riding in June.
Once he is
sound again my aims for with Basil are mostly the same as for June:
1.
Calmness - especially in canter
2.
Rhythm
3.
Suppleness
4.
Consistency of bend on left rein
5.
Having more consistent contact
6.
Some work on the bit
7.
Trot serpentines still need to be more balanced
8.
Improver our canter, less rushed
9.
Some new exercises
10. Jump
a little cross pole!
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Jo
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