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The regular Saturday lesson was much less chaotic than the Saturday before. And also less work, primarily because of the heat. Even at 10am, I think it was in the 90s. Everything felt very melty in general.
We worked on the primary theme of staying organized on the other side of the fence. Eli and I often land in a bit of a heap and it takes me a few strides to recover. Which is not desirable by any stretch. We trotted a few warm up fences first, my trainer emphasizing that I need to land riding.
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take 2 from patentlybay on Vimeo.
We wound up just sticking with trotting in and cantering out of some lines and after a few rounds of that I personally had had enough of the heat, so undoubtedly Eli had, too. We don’t have anything planned for August, but I would still like Eli to stay in condition for a few things we have on the calendar for September. Maybe this coming Saturday we can do a little more!
OMG I totally feel your pain. I swear I think “we made it over the jump” and then just forget that I need to do anything on the backside. Whoops! You guys look great and are a great reminder to me that the jump is more than an approach
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Yessssss 90% of the time after we clear the jump, I’m like “sweet we didn’t chip now what.”
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hahahah so accurate! After a nice jump my mind goes blank for at least 4 strides. Forget every doing a handy round successfully!!
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OMG right??? No handy hunter in my future.
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I struggle with this too!
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