Oh yes we walked it and she took us through the turns and approaches, and also stood in while we went round shouting 'sit back' 'get her going forwards' and so on ;) Although she rather sneakily put x-poles up to straight and added fillers while we were off warming up.
We've been working up to it, but I thought we were getting a bit more practice first! It was a fairly technical course, deliberately so, partly so the scaredy-cats couldn't potter round at a slow trot and partly so the kids couldn't jsut fly round at lightening sped. She likes to make us think - and work!
I used to do a lot of jumping (and falling off) on a little cob, it's a very different persepective and feel from ontop a 16.2/3 hunter who likes to jump BIG, has a huge stride and doesn't corner well. I think the main reason I haven't fallen off her yet is that it's so far down I'll do anything to stay on, even ride properly :p Sometimes I even remember to breathe.
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Date: 2005-04-06 08:37 am (UTC)We've been working up to it, but I thought we were getting a bit more practice first! It was a fairly technical course, deliberately so, partly so the scaredy-cats couldn't potter round at a slow trot and partly so the kids couldn't jsut fly round at lightening sped. She likes to make us think - and work!
I used to do a lot of jumping (and falling off) on a little cob, it's a very different persepective and feel from ontop a 16.2/3 hunter who likes to jump BIG, has a huge stride and doesn't corner well. I think the main reason I haven't fallen off her yet is that it's so far down I'll do anything to stay on, even ride properly :p
Sometimes I even remember to breathe.