Triumphant Return
Aug. 17th, 2008 12:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearThe individual riding lesson I had two weeks ago was a test run, just to see if my ankle was up to it.
This week, I rejoined the A class at 10:30am.
It had all the signs of a potential disaster - there were nine of us, the instructor was unfamiliar, and I was riding Madison.
So, the fact that it was both interesting and enjoyable was unexpected and extremely satisfying.
We did leg yield, walk pirouettes, some trot work without stirrups and a couple of canters at the end.
Madison listened and responded well throughout, and I got three perfect canter transitions out of her, which is unheard of - I'm not sure I've ever actually got her to canter properly before, let alone straight away and three times in a row.
The instructor, Gemma, was really impressed, and I felt as if I'd ridden really well, so overall it was a great lesson.
However, there were three or four other horses in the lesson that would have been big enough for me, and that I'd never heard of before - so why, oh why do I keep getting Joe and Madison?
This week, I rejoined the A class at 10:30am.
It had all the signs of a potential disaster - there were nine of us, the instructor was unfamiliar, and I was riding Madison.
So, the fact that it was both interesting and enjoyable was unexpected and extremely satisfying.
We did leg yield, walk pirouettes, some trot work without stirrups and a couple of canters at the end.
Madison listened and responded well throughout, and I got three perfect canter transitions out of her, which is unheard of - I'm not sure I've ever actually got her to canter properly before, let alone straight away and three times in a row.
The instructor, Gemma, was really impressed, and I felt as if I'd ridden really well, so overall it was a great lesson.
However, there were three or four other horses in the lesson that would have been big enough for me, and that I'd never heard of before - so why, oh why do I keep getting Joe and Madison?
