"Once you get started, she has to commit"
This weeks exercise was as follows:
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No pictures of my lesson (Dan was busy tacking up for his lesson on Dallas). Unfortunate, because Ruby and I did really well in this lesson!
As poles, I approached this going both ways. These poles were then raised to small crass rails, which can also be approached both ways. Once the jumps got higher, I approached this line starting with the trot poles. The two middle jumps were kept as small crossrails and the final jump was slowly raised. The best part about this sort of exercise: she has to keep going forward- there is no wiggle room for her to dart out, and (although I suppose she could stop/refuse if she really wanted to), she does not have room to misbehave. Awesome confidence-boosting exercise for those who are just starting out with jumping, and for unpredictable ponies.
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