After being on vacation for 2 weeks, I have now been back for a week, and it feels good to ride again.
Yesterday we focused on timing in transitions, and it was a really good lesson. L. made me aware of my timing when doing a half halt to re-balance, it needs to be collect/contract - then forward immediately, which I knew, but not really concentrated on applying all the time. In transitions we did the same, collect, then immediately do the transition. I use to do a half halt, think about if it worked, then do the transition. Doing the half halt almost at the same time as doing the transition made them so much better, Odin was able to be a lot more balanced. Yay! It is really hard for me to remember to do, though, as with anything that is not a habit.
we also did a bit of lenghtenings in trot, here I could also feel how much I had to support him with half halts too keep his balance and collection in the lenghtenings. I don't think we entirely succeeded, but I could feel what needed to be done much better.
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- I started riding as adult, and Odin is my first horse. I am working on basic skills, both when it comes to riding and horsemanship, and so far Odin is the perfect partner!
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2 comments:
That's great! Congratulations. I know what you mean about using the half halt almost simultaneously with a transition. Wanda and I have much more success if I can remember to do that. It's hard for me to coordinate though. I feel so clumsy most of the time these days (maybe I'm matching Wanda?)
I think I have to give about 20 half halts during a transition and Sophie *still* loses her balance a bit. But it's getting better, slowly but surely. I also have to release the inside rein while half halting with the outside rein, in order to keep from bracing against Sophie, and to keep from giving her something to brace against, it's a lot to remember at one time, but I'm developing the muscle memory with every ride.
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