in the spirit of keeping the board busy - Brook has been a super busy pony so thought Id do a little update.
Im now taking her once a week to someone local who produces and she is getting her jumping for me. Ive done polework with her and popped over a teeny raised pole but she is a very spooky girl. The first time she enters the arena, or see’s the poles on the ground each week it is as if she has never seen them before. After a warm up she settles and then ends up jumping really well. I just feel she really needs someone uber confident who is just going to sit quietly and not let her stop or run out and that person isn’t me haha. the rest of the week she is hacking out with me and going to a FW lesson and she is going sooo well, Im chuffed to bits. Last week however I hadnt realised we were booked into a poles and cavaletti session! We arrived in the arena and went sideways for the first little while. The RI was super and ended up having to lead us over 1 single pole on the ground but nothing was forced or stressy, she was great. I was really pleased as we ended up trotting round over 4 poles and then into a 15m circle with 4 cavaletti. This section was cantered by everyone else however it was too tight for a baby pony but instead we cantered and did every 2nd cavaletti
so into the circle and over 1 and out and round the next one.
Im now taking her once a week to someone local who produces and she is getting her jumping for me. Ive done polework with her and popped over a teeny raised pole but she is a very spooky girl. The first time she enters the arena, or see’s the poles on the ground each week it is as if she has never seen them before. After a warm up she settles and then ends up jumping really well. I just feel she really needs someone uber confident who is just going to sit quietly and not let her stop or run out and that person isn’t me haha. the rest of the week she is hacking out with me and going to a FW lesson and she is going sooo well, Im chuffed to bits. Last week however I hadnt realised we were booked into a poles and cavaletti session! We arrived in the arena and went sideways for the first little while. The RI was super and ended up having to lead us over 1 single pole on the ground but nothing was forced or stressy, she was great. I was really pleased as we ended up trotting round over 4 poles and then into a 15m circle with 4 cavaletti. This section was cantered by everyone else however it was too tight for a baby pony but instead we cantered and did every 2nd cavaletti
so into the circle and over 1 and out and round the next one.
