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4th February 2014 ....
Bright but cold today. We started with a volunteer training session - shared books and discussed leading, us of riders' aids and inevitably there was cheesecake and cake !
Lesson 1 : Chris on Rupert, Kim on Sultan and Fiona on Shamus worked with and without stirrups in walk and trot. The group rode circles and concentrated on leg positions.
Lesson 2 : used rainbow poles and stripy poles to ride straight when changing the rein on the long diagonals. The group rode without stirrups in walk to lengthen their legs. Noah rode Bertie - and needed his leathers lengthened. Tabitha rode Ferdie she concentrated hard and used her legs to make Ferdie walk nicely. Tabitha steered around the cones and achieved a nice rising trot for four rises. Cody rode Ivan - and is improving her rising trot. Maddie rode Ben - she giggled when she was trotting. Orla rode Harvey and showed Simon some lovely arm stretches. We finished with racing games up and down the school.
Bright but cold today. We started with a volunteer training session - shared books and discussed leading, us of riders' aids and inevitably there was cheesecake and cake !
Lesson 1 : Chris on Rupert, Kim on Sultan and Fiona on Shamus worked with and without stirrups in walk and trot. The group rode circles and concentrated on leg positions.
Lesson 2 : used rainbow poles and stripy poles to ride straight when changing the rein on the long diagonals. The group rode without stirrups in walk to lengthen their legs. Noah rode Bertie - and needed his leathers lengthened. Tabitha rode Ferdie she concentrated hard and used her legs to make Ferdie walk nicely. Tabitha steered around the cones and achieved a nice rising trot for four rises. Cody rode Ivan - and is improving her rising trot. Maddie rode Ben - she giggled when she was trotting. Orla rode Harvey and showed Simon some lovely arm stretches. We finished with racing games up and down the school.