A great way to start off the new year with a brilliant lesson with Brooksby Dressage (Equestrian Training) and we also got to wear our gorgeous Eskadron matchy from Fur Feather Meds LTD with my softshell embroidered jacket from Equestrian Originals. Today Lili got me to work through some really useful exercises, like some leg yield in trot starting from different points on the centre line and also leg yielding different distances before straightening and carrying on again, all to help me keep control of her shoulders and not let her take over. In the shoulder in today I needed a touch more angle and a bit less neck bend, we also rode some travers on the long diagonal to change the rein. But in both, the rhythm and actually the general way of going throughout the lesson was much, much better. We also worked on the on and backs in the canter, and when she goes go more onwards I need to let her by not allowing myself to become tense rather than riding on the edge of caution and not allowing her to develop the forwards. We rode through some simple changes which were a lot more supple and fluid, in my riding I need to prepare for the downwards more rather than just dropping her meaning the transition is a bit too abrupt, we included these on a serpentine, but being reminded I can do serpentines in lots of variations to counteract her anticipating.....trotting to change lead, not changing lead but riding it in counter canter, pushing on for some medium strides etc. and then we finished with some canter half pass where I need to try and keep a more consistent outside contact. And also try and keep my left hand the same level as my right with my thumb actually on top! I was so chuffed with her today as just in her way of going I think there has been an improvement since Lili last saw her but more than anything I love the fact that it really felt like Lucie enjoyed her work today, and answered all the questions I asked and answered them even better when I asked them properly!!
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 20:28:49 +0000
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