But with no lunge. Instructor had me warm up horse and then just said "I'm not going to put him on a lunge in this weather, he'll kill me. We'll do it without the lunge."
So she had me walking, no stirrups, fine. Then trotting without them. Got the hang of it in the end...
I think the thing I am finding it difficult to understand is the fine line between contact and "pulling his face". I need a MUCH stronger core. I found my seat though, and once I stopped gripping and started balancing, I was able to work on my elbows being in, reins being taut, shoulders back and a LOT shorter than I usually have them.
If you had told me that by the end of that 30 minutes I'd be cantering round the school with no stirrups (and therefore without my arse leaving the saddle), I'd have thought you were a mental. But it happened. And I'm chuffed!
I'll have a fiver on me being utterly baffled by stirrups on Sunday, and falling off or something. LOL.
So she had me walking, no stirrups, fine. Then trotting without them. Got the hang of it in the end...
I think the thing I am finding it difficult to understand is the fine line between contact and "pulling his face". I need a MUCH stronger core. I found my seat though, and once I stopped gripping and started balancing, I was able to work on my elbows being in, reins being taut, shoulders back and a LOT shorter than I usually have them.
If you had told me that by the end of that 30 minutes I'd be cantering round the school with no stirrups (and therefore without my arse leaving the saddle), I'd have thought you were a mental. But it happened. And I'm chuffed!
I'll have a fiver on me being utterly baffled by stirrups on Sunday, and falling off or something. LOL.