Starlight and I had a fun ride with Fred Kappler
today at Lane Cove Dressage in Greene, NY.
We emerged not at all horrified and demoralized, as I feared, but
instead, I was very pleased and she was her usual willing and steady self.
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| Still standing after our ride. Photo by Trish Pierce. |
For Starlight, it was her first dressage lesson, doing 10-
and 20-meter circles, serpentines, quarter turns and the like. It was positively the hardest she and I have worked
ever during a single ride together.
I was amazed, once again, by this pony’s cooperative personality and
game demeanor. She’s such a rock star and she received many compliments
from Fred and from my friend Trish Pierce, of Foxwin Farm, who joined us on the
journey and was very helpful as a groom, photographer, companion and pony
complimenter.
Starlight and I were quite bad at the canter, but we did get
it going both ways. We’ll work on
that.
Fred was a kind and perceptive clinician, giving us the type of work we
needed to knock the rust off of me and get Starlight using her body in a new,
better way.
Now I’m yawning and she’s dozing. Two sleepy critters, content with a good day’s
work.
You guys were great-- if these videos ever upload, you're going to see a remarkable difference in her self-carriage from beginning of lesson to end. And you two were not at all bad at the canter-- you were very typical green-horse at the canter. She improved that, too! It was a pleasure watching you work together. Great things lie ahead for you both!
ReplyDeleteCool. Great job. 1 of Foxwin's student's Sarah Slocum showed her adorable grey gelding at Foxtale's show. He was great. I have pics of him up on FB under Foxtale's Dressage photo album on my FB page
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