This week in lessons

This week I am hoping most lessons can be outside. Should be exciting!

The key will be keeping the horse's focused the first time jumping outside for the year!

For dressage we will be practicing Cadora tests 2 and 3 in the big ring. I now have letter pylons to make it easier to visualize the arena. You can look up the tests here: http://www.cadora.ca/display.asp?pageid=55

All riders will also be working on leg yield stairs, with circles. This is leg yielding off the wall for a couple meters, then doing a circle, then leg yielding a little further off the wall, then another circle, and so on until you run out of room. This is a good exercise to make sure your horse is listening, and not getting crooked through the leg yield.

For jumping we will be doing a course that will require the rider to be in control and not let the horses build too much steam. This means lots of turns and transitions.

I also have some shows planned for June, so check out the Prize lists on the bulletin board. One June 9th we will hopefully be able to enter some horses in the MapleLeaf Meadows dressage show, On the 10th there is a Jumper show at Sundown stables that starts at 2'0" with no oxers, and then on the 23rd is the Heads-up horse show with hunters and jumpers. Lesson horses are able to attend these shows, so let me know if you are interested in going.

 Karen