tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359915651309786241.post1833122855821831000..comments2024-03-27T08:06:53.882-07:00Comments on Raincoast Rider: In Which I Ride...PoorlyThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05438372155463437107noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359915651309786241.post-74604777213707266792017-01-13T17:13:57.058-08:002017-01-13T17:13:57.058-08:00It's still taking me a long time to feel out C...It's still taking me a long time to feel out Charlie too. He is a good boy and I trust him.... But he's also not 14.3 Isabel. The size thing is real. As is the whole "new partnership" thing. Q seems cool tho, so awesome you can try lessons with her too! She sounds like she's worth figuring out!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359915651309786241.post-74200346686048467372017-01-13T09:58:47.282-08:002017-01-13T09:58:47.282-08:00When Murray's back is tight like that I litera...When Murray's back is tight like that I literally feel like I'm riding down a hill. Usually it coincides with him being unwilling to bend his hocks, so he compensates in his gaits by popping his croup up to swing his legs around his hip joint. It puts him in prime bucking position (and he's already usually in that attitude, honestly).<br /><br />I recently came to embrace the fact that I don't have to ride it out. I can lunge it out. I don't use the lunging for Murray to just play on the line or be stupid, but I try to make it a productive learning exercise. I'll send him for a couple of laps just to get forward and moving and loose, and then strap on some work equipment (chambon, side rein, what have you) and get to proper work. I find it really helps me get his focus before I get on and try to get anything done. And it helps to know that he's already warm and started to work, so most of his objections should be done with.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834098473974912416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359915651309786241.post-48165538441571551132017-01-13T06:00:23.497-08:002017-01-13T06:00:23.497-08:00I am a total wuss on big horses, too! This time of...I am a total wuss on big horses, too! This time of year is just tough, though. Our guys are all starting to get a little cabin fever from not being worked regularly and being stuck in their muddy paddock more often than not. Dino has entirely forgotten how to gallop off his forehand or at all politely, and has been throwing every evasion in the book at me! Hopefully more turnout will help everyone chill out a bit! Alli + Dinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928482808436392040noreply@blogger.com