Today was the first ride!
Today was my first ride on Syfret! I got up this morning, and went to the barn quite early. I had to clean her stall, etc. Not to mention there was a lesson going on for about 1.5hrs. Oh! I have to say these two little quirks I've noticed she has, its quite cute really! So, when I walked out to get her from her paddock, she was munching on some hay. As I walked toward her I called her name, as soon as she heard me, she lifts her head and starts bobbing it. This is the third time she's done it :)
The other thing, is in the cross ties she sits there and she chews on the rope! I don't really correct her for it, since she's not doing any damage to the ties, or moving her body around.
Anyways, I finally got her all tacked up. I think I've already mentioned this, but, I absolutely love her tail.. Its so thick! Hahaha. I took her into the arena and put the side reins on again; I didn't let her run loose, or lunge her without the side reins today so she was a bit more frisky and sort of 'on the edge.'
I got her trotting and walking calmly eventually, she's getting good at responding to my voice cues, and after such a short time too!
So, before I give the details of my ride.. Here is a picture, and a video of her trotting!
She was extremely good! I just walked without the lunge line; then I trotted and walked on the line.. She had one spook because snow fell off the roof, but other than that she was great.
Once again, Combining days :) So here are pictures of Day 2 riding... and day 5 having her. Videos of my riding will be added to this post later.
So, today (second day of riding) they were no spooks at all! She was a bit funny when I lunged her with the side reins going right, she kept throwing her head up and hitting them, which I thought was odd since she hasn't done that before, and they were no tighter. Yet, she relaxed after awhile. I also trotted without the lunge line today; as you see in the pictures. I'm very impressed with how quickly things are moving along! One thing I do notice, is that she's very unbalanced going right, which is understandable considering most of her work would've been done left. She sort of leans in around her turns, and likes to counter-bend. On the other rein though, she's perfect!
More pictures & video tomorrow :)
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