This week in lessons & new challenge!

This week in lessons we are continuing to work on perfecting the leg yield with the horse facing away from the wall (as per previous youtube videos!). This is going to flow into next week's lesson which will use these skills to work on flying lead changes.

For jumping, we are going to work on jumping a skinny with no standards. This will use similar skills that riding the horses at the ball used: keeping the horse between hand and leg and controlling their body and in particular, their shoulders.

We also have a new challenge this week: it will be an obstacle course. This won't be timed, but rather scored based on success negotiating the horse with minimal pylon tragedies and hooves outside the course. This course will include:
 - The above mentioned skinny jump
 - bending line with set number of strides
 - trot after a jump (before pylon markers)
 - Turn on the forehand inside a pole "box"
 - Horse and rider touching the ball.
 - precise corner through pylon markers.

Also planning a barn party for Saturday the 3rd of March at 12:30. A simple get together so riders/boarders can meet each other, and also so we can discuss what shows we want to go to and such. Details to be determined but thinking potluck lunch type food? Would a March gift exchange be weird? Oh, and an awards ceremony for the winners of the lesson challenges! Let me know if you can attend asap so I know if I need to switch days.