Saturday April 1, 2006
Like an April 1st joke my Internet connection quit this afternoon. So I begin this report in Word and will hopefully soon be able to transfer it to the Report 2006 blog.
The land is awakening. The colors of the sky are back. By the end of winter I tend to no longer remember them. And each spring their transcending beauty surprises, excites and inspires me anew. It is a completely different training of horses, and the only way that works for me, under these hugh beautiful skies of in-season Normandy. And so, I am glad to be on the horses’ backs again, accepting the winter break as a chance to do other things.
Fabian, after three shots of Zeel and the osteopate, two days ago, after prep and lunge, under saddle soon straightened and did a reasonably good start-up work. Today I did a more extended lunging, including taking a small jump and with it starting him in the canter. He brought up his energies. A few hours later I mounted; he was straight and available. None-the-less, his back was not sufficiently up. It will be interested to see, if it is just a matter of time...
During the winter break he has processed the information on lateral movements we started last fall. It feels like keeping him correctly between the reins will be a major aspect of this season’s riding and I sense that with it there will be some more insight into how the suspected inner circuit of communication works.
Leporello and Nidal continued; Nidal well improved, now almost willing to look into the direction he is moving and Leporello willing as always, a bit sleepy still, but slowly more even. He also started canters. Fallada, after the osteopate and two days break was well behaved. Kicking her head in the turn-around-the-shoulders speaks of tensions in the back and or hindquarters. She will profit from cantering on the lunge tomorrow. All four horses are reasonably straight, instructed, willing and ready for training. I am looking forward to ride them this season and find out what they can do.
The land is awakening. The colors of the sky are back. By the end of winter I tend to no longer remember them. And each spring their transcending beauty surprises, excites and inspires me anew. It is a completely different training of horses, and the only way that works for me, under these hugh beautiful skies of in-season Normandy. And so, I am glad to be on the horses’ backs again, accepting the winter break as a chance to do other things.
Fabian, after three shots of Zeel and the osteopate, two days ago, after prep and lunge, under saddle soon straightened and did a reasonably good start-up work. Today I did a more extended lunging, including taking a small jump and with it starting him in the canter. He brought up his energies. A few hours later I mounted; he was straight and available. None-the-less, his back was not sufficiently up. It will be interested to see, if it is just a matter of time...
During the winter break he has processed the information on lateral movements we started last fall. It feels like keeping him correctly between the reins will be a major aspect of this season’s riding and I sense that with it there will be some more insight into how the suspected inner circuit of communication works.
Leporello and Nidal continued; Nidal well improved, now almost willing to look into the direction he is moving and Leporello willing as always, a bit sleepy still, but slowly more even. He also started canters. Fallada, after the osteopate and two days break was well behaved. Kicking her head in the turn-around-the-shoulders speaks of tensions in the back and or hindquarters. She will profit from cantering on the lunge tomorrow. All four horses are reasonably straight, instructed, willing and ready for training. I am looking forward to ride them this season and find out what they can do.
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