Connor

[rudyrocks]

Duff has a book?Didn't know that! ;D thanks Becca! I get to ride him for the first time wed so that should be fun.

[happilyeverafter]

Duff IS amazing... I rode him this past summer and had so much fun. Hope Connor gets better soon...

[rudyrocks]

I rode Duff today It was a really good lesson (Sue Lye taught me). We woked on steering with no rains wich was pretty cool. Then Sue lunged me at w/t/c and I had to sit back with mr shoulders AND my legs back. Surprisingly it was pretty hard!!! We then did stuff to improve my balance and all that like holding onto the back of the saddle, hands on my waist and things like that. dduff is a really cool old guy, and it was a good lesson

[ruthy]

sounds like funn

[rudyrocks]

Finally I got to ride Connor! He was THE BEST ever! I went down around noon, 'cause I didn't have school, and Ruth came down with me. we went to catch Connor in his field. Personaly I had little hope that I would be ablr to catch him, but we just started walking up to him with a bucket of carrots and he walked over, trust his nose in the bucket, and didn't even care when I put the chain over his nose and led him to the gate. He was so good in his field I wasn't even sure I had the right horse jk loves ya Connor! Anyway we brought him in a nd groomed and taked up.

I mounted and we began walking around the arena. It felt sooo good to walk nicely around the WHOLE arena. As soon as we moved into a trot I just knew that Connor was having a good day. He gave such a trot that I expected him to either throw in a few happy bucks or break into a canter We then decided to canter in a circle (for the first canter). Suddenly he broke into this hoppy canter! It was so funny ;D I calmed him down and then we cantered again. It felt so good. We then practiced trotting and than cantering up the longside. The very last time we cantered we went almost 2 full circuits and this GEORGEUS canter. It felt like he was doing this Grand Prix, pushing of his hindquarters, head down in a frame canter. I was overjoyed, not to metion MEGA proud of the boy

[~Heidi~]

sounds like you had a great lesson!

[ruthy]

That ride looked like fun....connors a doll

[rudyrocks]

Awwww, thank you

[rudyrocks]

Just rode for about half an hour, warmed him up w and then did a lot of trot. He was going pretty good when we moved onto our canter work, so I popped him over a small vertical, he was LOVING it! ;D He was actually ok to catch in his field...once I had a small bucket of grain The only problem was that ALL the other horses especially Sarge and Bella kept following me. Bella was almost having a heart attack when I wouldn't give her the grain I had brought out! She was actually having a spaz attack ;D Silly horses!

[Kelesha]

LOL... i know what thats like when you've got something with you...all the horses come charging into you...lol. Sounds like you had fun at the stables

[rudyrocks]

I actually thought Bella was going to knock me over and then start a stampede. I was yelling for my dad to come and take the bucket, but he "Had his dress shoes on, and wasn't prepared to get them covered in horse poo!" That goes to show where HIS priorities lie ;D

[rudyrocks]

I rode Connor again today, and we were bootin' it around the ring It was awesome. I figured out that if you keep him moving forward (and I'm talking energetic trot) he'll do as you ask, but as soon as you start walking he gets bored and pulls to the gate. We alternated standing by the gate, and cantering around the ring We warmed up and he was really energetic, almost breaking into a canter from the trot. whenever we walked he would begin to fuss, so I decided NOT to walk ;D

We worked on simple lead changes, and he was getting them quite well. At the end when we were cantering around the full arena, it turned into a handgallop!!!!!! He even tossed in one or two bucks!!! They were small and I didn't mind 'cause both him and me had a great time

[~Heidi~]

sounds like it was a good ride!
I wanna see your boy soon lol!!

[Becca]

missus!
you have my number.
call me up next time your going up.
we shall ride together.

[rudyrocks]

sounds good Becca