The Hard Work Now Begins!

I have dossed off lately I will admit it... Now my exams are over I have no excuse! I was studying it all up last night and any doubt about how little I know about lunging have now been gone! Lost yet? Ok well basically now that I am no longer in secondary school I have to do DIY cause I'm actually at home so that also comes with no RI riding my pony getting him on the bit and lunging him! So yesterday I got this really cute purple cavession with a matching black lunge line.... I know he'll look like a tool but that was the cheapest one there and its also really padded so it feels really comfy so he make ge over how much I make a show of him. LOL Speaking of which I have a feeling him he going to destroy his boett soon.... Everyone whos new to the yard kinda looks at him strangely at if he is diseased or got 5 heads so something and I think hes fed up and being different because I came to the field yesterday and he was standing there with it so twisted looking all innocent at me as if I put it on that way or something! I've sent myself a plan for every week over the summer:
Monday: Gallop and messing about with a bit of cross country
Tuesday: Flatwork schooling (Pole work and caveletti)
Wednesday: Hack (with sneaking schooling involved)
Thursday: Day Off
Friday: Maxi, Super Maxi and lunging
Saturday: Hack (with sneaky schooling involved)
Sunday: Flatwork schooling (Trasitions and circles)
I thinks fairly good but hopefully it will work not sure should I include another lunging session in there somewhere but it fairly packed. Even though most of the kiddies I know ride there ponies twice a day sometimes. Anyways I'll update you later about how the lunging went and the league even though I'm really really behind due to my forgetting the course, going before the bell and jumping the wrong fence (all my fault by the way) but Vic was fab in them!

The Lesson

Flatwork lesson with my very brill instructor! Omg I wanted to cry because she pushed us so much.... Vic nearly reared (the stubborn side came out!) :o Hes never been made do so much work.... like my instructor would never put any horse through any pain.... maybe the rider but def not the horse ha but by the end Vic's love for my instructor had def gone! Ha Our circles are very hard do because I haven't made him do a proper one in like 2 years.... I know how bad it is don't kill me anyone but I just found them so hard anyways there okish on the left rein and bad on the right but were getting there! His canter is coming aswell on the left but struggling on the right because hes weaker that rein! Walk and Trot I'm fairly happy with and she said our straightness in trot is very very good like 10 out of 10 in a test on the long side so im proud he does work really hard AND I'm being a very very mean mammy this weekend and putting him in my group dressage lesson tomorrow! He doesn't hate me yet but we're getting there poor thing.... Oh I got my boett rug last weekend for his sweet itch aswell.... Vic was brill with me trying to get it on him because the neck is like a slieve and behaved so good so

In Love

Vic is a star! I mean seriously no horse would put up with all the hassle I give that poor baby.... I got him his boett rug and the head part is like a slieve so when it kind of got stuck in his headcollar when I was putting it on he was not exactly thrilled but I was chuffed how even though he was caught up in this new smelly rug and couldn't see anything he relaxed as soon as I reasured him.... make me beam with proud how Im not seeing things when I say we have a close bond because I know Vic trusts me and im so proud of that and I would nearly put my life in that horses hands.... He fellows me out of the field and everywhere I go in the yard even passed the hugh open field with all his friends... Ok I'll stop bragging now.... Plus I had him on the bit in trot today and like 2 strides in canter! Im pretty sure it was on the bit.... I hope it was because if it wasn't the whole thing I've been striving for is gone out the window big time! Haha I really want to take a video and for people to tell us what were doing worng rather me.... I'm a HUGH believer of the rider always being blamed rather than the horse Its so silly riders blaming the horse when you can't do something but there is the other extreme when people cross the line and just tell people they're useless when they're trying really really hard! My rant is now over ha

False Hope

I didn't have a lesson.... there was no arena free so I couldn't have one! Im not sure what im going to do... I might video myself with a digital camera and see what Im doing worng and where I need to improve first I assume circles he's very bad at them :(

True Love

I decided to keep Vic.... hes my baby I can't let him go! Hes just out of injury so I've decided to show jump him in the summer, he knows me inside out and up side down and our bond is so strong that I would be silly not to get used to shows without him! Our flatwork is terrible though so im getting a lesson with a dressage instructor who will hopefully help us! I need a plan of action for his flatwork... I don't know where to start! The problem with Vic is that he is so honest and so genuine that when you can't do something (i.e bring him on a proper outline) you feel like crap because you know hes the safest and most honest horse around.... for example he jumped 1.10m out of walk for me like he has serious talent and I want to show it off but our flatwork needs to be improved before we start. Im thinking that when I have reached the top with him I'll buy another baby and start with him hopefully then my nerves from competitions won't be as high anymore and Ill be able to bring the horse on.... Anyway I'll keep you posted on how the lesson went its in 2 hours so Im slightly nervous but I did warn her that we need serious help!