Good ride today! :D

Paint_luver · 07-03-2004, 12:28 PM

I'm so happy, today Buddy and I went for a really good ride. Unfortunately, it had been raining all day, so boy was he ever MUDDY!!! But, after I cleaned him off and went into the indoor arena, everything went great!! I rode him english and we both were riding well. He was picking up his back feet well, had some energy to his trot, and stayed collected and on the bit without me having to remind him hardly at all! We only did some walking and trotting work, but nonetheless, he was so good! He was also very patient with me while I practiced just trotting in two point postion like I'm supposed to practice for my instructor. I'm still not great at balancing in that position, and it was like he read my mind when I needed him to slow down or when I wanted him to speed up. It just felt like we were in sync!!!!

He also seemed happier than usual. Usually, he is less willing to work and more lazy, but maybe since it was so muddy in his corral, he didn't mind working inside!!

I'm so proud of him, he's really coming along! (not bad for my first horse to train!!)

shell · 07-03-2004, 12:31 PM

I love a good ride like that. Velvet is a good girl to ride most of the time. I love her!

Paint_luver · 07-03-2004, 12:32 PM

Yes, I know. It just felt like we were really working TOGETHER. I wasn't pestering him to do anything, and he was so willing! Awww, I love my guy!

cowgurly02 · 07-03-2004, 01:05 PM

I LOVE having good rides like that

That's so awesome to hear that you guys are really working as a team, Paint_luver! He sounds awesome

ILuvDancer · 07-03-2004, 01:15 PM

Last weekend I had a really great ride too! This weekend was a whole different story though! I think it was the flies cuz they were vicious! lol Anyways...I hope you have many more great rides to come!
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A western horse has guts and commitment
An english horse has grace and intellegance
But, my horse has it ALL!

i_luv_moth · 07-03-2004, 02:21 PM

my best ride ever was a show jumping lesson when we just jumped the whole time and we didn't have one refusal and no poles dropped. also dressage when she was on the bit the whole time and i just kinda sat there lol!!lets hope u have another ride like that aye?lol

07-03-2004, 12:28 PM	#1
Paint_luver Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cork, Ireland Posts: 5,885 Images: 297 Blog Entries: 137	Good ride today! :D I'm so happy, today Buddy and I went for a really good ride. Unfortunately, it had been raining all day, so boy was he ever MUDDY!!! But, after I cleaned him off and went into the indoor arena, everything went great!! I rode him english and we both were riding well. He was picking up his back feet well, had some energy to his trot, and stayed collected and on the bit without me having to remind him hardly at all! We only did some walking and trotting work, but nonetheless, he was so good! He was also very patient with me while I practiced just trotting in two point postion like I'm supposed to practice for my instructor. I'm still not great at balancing in that position, and it was like he read my mind when I needed him to slow down or when I wanted him to speed up. It just felt like we were in sync!!!! He also seemed happier than usual. Usually, he is less willing to work and more lazy, but maybe since it was so muddy in his corral, he didn't mind working inside!! I'm so proud of him, he's really coming along! (not bad for my first horse to train!!) __________________ "Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and, once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed ." Ralph Waldo Emerson

07-03-2004, 12:31 PM	#2
shell Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The Great North West Posts: 8,967 Images: 344	I love a good ride like that. Velvet is a good girl to ride most of the time. I love her! __________________ “Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, save a proud rider on so proud back.” -Shakespear Marshalltown, Iowa, it is against the law for a horse to eat a fire hydrant.

07-03-2004, 12:32 PM	#3
Paint_luver Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cork, Ireland Posts: 5,885 Images: 297 Blog Entries: 137	Yes, I know. It just felt like we were really working TOGETHER. I wasn't pestering him to do anything, and he was so willing! Awww, I love my guy! __________________ "Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and, once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed ." Ralph Waldo Emerson

07-03-2004, 01:05 PM	#4
cowgurly02 Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 9,811 Images: 237 Blog Entries: 397	I LOVE having good rides like that That's so awesome to hear that you guys are really working as a team, Paint_luver! He sounds awesome __________________ "I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is." - Zoolander I've Been Snowball'd!!

07-03-2004, 02:21 PM	#6
i_luv_moth Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Zealand BABY!!! Posts: 6,818 Images: 133	my best ride ever was a show jumping lesson when we just jumped the whole time and we didn't have one refusal and no poles dropped. also dressage when she was on the bit the whole time and i just kinda sat there lol!!lets hope u have another ride like that aye?lol __________________ I'd Rather Be...... SHOW JUMPING!!

07-03-2004, 01:15 PM	#5
ILuvDancer Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 273	Last weekend I had a really great ride too! This weekend was a whole different story though! I think it was the flies cuz they were vicious! lol Anyways...I hope you have many more great rides to come! __________________________________________________ A western horse has guts and commitment An english horse has grace and intellegance But, my horse has it ALL!

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