This week in lessons we will be doing a hunter course to prepare for show season. To school the horses on their rhythm, balance and straightness, we will first jump the courses small and slow (adding strides) before raising the jumps and riding at course pace. I will have the jumps decorated like at a show, and we will continue to practice riding the spooky jumps by staying back with our body, and straight with the horse.
Hunter courses should always be started and finished with at least 3/4 of a circle to look polished and to allow you to develop a course pace, and to finish in an organized fashion. You don't want the horse to just fall apart into a walk/trot when done!
Rhythm, pace, and straightness are the key ingredients to a hunter course, with the details of lead changes and distances made easier by paying attention to these basics.
See you this week!
(and if you ride Wednesday, apparently I may have trouble talking loudly as I will have a tube up my nose...should be fun)
Karen
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