Like I said, I also had a jump lesson with S at Gail's farm. I didn't know what to expect going in because last time we lessoned there, Limerick was crazy. That was in our reindeer phase where his back was really bothering him, but I had yet to figure out what the heck was going on. Needless to say, he was 100x better today and quite the gentleman :) We started out with a warm-up of a small cross rail, which was quickly moved up to a 2-ish foot vertical, which we trotted back and forth over. He was good, so we upped the ante and slowly increased to a full-blown course.
He was awesome, even with little kids screaming at the neighbor's house and dogs running around. Combine that with G's rather ghetto jumps, and he was practically a saint. No refusals or run outs, the worst he did was bring back the reindeer move, which I got hilarious video of this time!! If you watch nothing else, please at least watch Limerick's sweet reindeer skillz, they are too funny. He whipped them out for a rather innocuous little white vertical, which just so happened to have a horse eating flower box underneath, clearly worthy of clearing by three extra feet (he easily jumped the height of the standards). Today was my first time riding and experiencing the reindeer for myself, and I actually laughed out loud at how it feels...
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The video:
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Love the video! Way too funny :)
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DeleteYay new saddle! Seems to fit.... free of his shoulder, lots of clearance for his withers, flush on his lower back.
ReplyDeletePretty saddle! As far as Lim goes, I don't think he has any talent to jump, he barely made it over those fences without knocking them down ;P.
ReplyDeleteThe reindeer is too funny!!
ReplyDeleteSaddle looks great! Lim is a jumping fool - I think he just does the reindeer move every now and then to keep you on your toes :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a good boy! He looks to be really honest and like ok mom just point me and ill jump :)
ReplyDeleteI know nothing about dressage saddles but it looks nice!