Oct 29, 2012 at 02:08 pm #370126

kstaab wrote:

I have been doing ALOT of refreshing of GW and Riding we did several months ago. We worked the cloverleaf pattern for a good 20 minutes and Glide started to lose air and get hot, and actually kicked out at me; my mecate couldn’t get to that butt fast enough. Spoiled with all the concentration on suppling he thought that impulsion was a thing of the past, oh no!!! Otherwise he has been doing fine, last night was our last night of really working on things. Last minute packing at the barn and home to pack mommy’s things this evening.

I sure hope I have everything……

Kim – we had a similar experience last week reviewing some of the earlier exercises but no worries .. that is why we are going to the clinic right — to improve and work on all the exercises. I also had an interesting time with Ash on Saturday everytime I went for a HQ .. he started moving his FQ in anticipation because of all the shoulder and FQ ‘moving’ we have been practicing. So I had to back off and go back to Yielding HQ from the standstill and even got off and did it from the ground until he was ‘really good’ before I started under saddle again … felt like I was starting from the beginning all over again.

It will be fun and I look forward to corrections and tips in the areas where my horse is not ‘perfect’ .. he has some sticky spots and I look forward to learning how to fix them!

So excited!