I had a lesson Sunday at my friends house with my wonderful brilliant trainer. And I loaded up to the lesson just really not with the stars aligning [ I could feel]. My breeches didn’t have any grip on them and I knew I was weak – I needed to ride Saturday but just worked all day and then I got a ahem UTI so riding was out until I got medicine.
Saturday murphy had gotten a trim and this is the last cycle I am trying completely barefoot. On our ride he was still tender (hence the video I’ll put up and you can clearly see he’s sore). So we had a very light lesson just loosening murphy up and I could feel I wasn’t glued into him like I know I can be, I was flopping my legs and just overall potato status.
Even so, being on him makes me feel like the most accomplished happiest woman. It’s for sure my drug of choice.
Wins of the day:
1. Murphy was SOOOO calm just chilling at the trailer. Usually he screams and dances around if he can’t see a buddy. He just casually hung out at the trailer and ate some treats
2. Loading. I can’t tell you the difference in loading him now. It takes me 3 minutes and the longest part is getting everything all locked into place. I am so proud of him
Lessons from my lesson:
1. Get more of my full grip breeches
2. Put front shoes on Murphy
3. I need to spend more time visualizing my transitions
Magical wishes I can’t quite figure out how to make happen:
1. Get more riding time during the week.
In summary, I got some good riding time in and we did progress. I really subscribe to the notion that a horse/person cannot learn when they are anxious/scared so I am the most pleased about mine/murphy’s calmness at loading and hauling these days.
In other news, I have 1 day until I leave to go on my girls trip to Maine!
Happy Monday everyone.
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