#jumpingdiary

[futuredrpague]

Dec 9, '14

Both of my riding instructors took one of their friends and I to the foundation this morning since they didn't go fox hunting. Turns out we were meeting their instructor there (who either trains an Olympic rider or is trained by one, I forgot haha), and basically it turned into a really exciting XC lesson. Since I just recently started jumping, I thought I would mainly be watching. I was so wrong haha the instructor was having me do almost everything they were. (all but one, it looked too much considering I'm still not sure what I'm doing jumping-wise.) I'm still shocked that I felt like I was messing up but they were telling me I was doing great! I had so much fun and Ivan was such a good boy. Today really proved to me how much I've come with my riding in just a year. It's so amazing and makes me so happy :)

[futuredrpague]

Oct 22, '14

So my instructor took me to the Foundation and it was amazing because I haven't been able to go in so long. There are these logs in a line on a small hill spaced out (close to about 10 of them I suppose) and basically I got an awesome jumping lesson :) I'm guessing the highest one was around 18". The horses we took loved the trip too, a little too much though haha because they were so hyper they were spooking at every little thing xp (I mean, my instructor's horse does that on a regular basis, but still) Lots of schooling through Coyote (little creek area) Overall a beautifully amazing day!

[futuredrpague]

Sept. 27th, 2014

So yesterday morning I had my very first jumping lesson. And it was awesome. I believe the highest my instructor had me jump was about 16" or so, it was at the end of the lesson when she let me try a couple of the cross country logs/jumps they have. Overall I did alright, the horse I'm learning to jump on gets somewhat bored with smaller jumps so he didn't exactly jump...it was more of half jumping, half trotting over them haha. I do have a couple things to work on, including getting my leg muscles used to the shorter stirrup length (that's the biggy, cause that affected my whole position) and getting the horse to quit grabbing the bit and leaning on me. Really causes a problem when I'm too forward to begin with! But he's young and we're teaching each other, it was overall a great start to jumping!