I had a lesson with Harry de Leyer last Thursday, riding his horse Sunday. She was a squirmy baby (only 3 1/2 years old!) but man could she jump! Very point-and-shoot. Harry's horses go with all leg and no hands which is always a hard concept for me to grasp, but Sunday and I worked out the kinks in the beginning of the lesson and ended with a job well done.This picture was taken after the 4th fence in a diagonal line. As I mentioned in my previous post about Harry, there is no babysitting! As terrifying as this might be (I am used to doing hunter courses-6 or 8 jumps with plenty of time between, whereas these were 13 jump courses with maximum of 2 or 3 strides between each fence!) Harry's positivity really helps my confidence. I figured he wouldn't ask me to do something unless he really believed I could.
My last lesson with Connie was this past Sunday. I sure am going to miss her and Sully! We worked on Sully's jumping confidence- when you have a few jumps right next to each other, he will get worried when he is unsure which fence he is supposed to jump. Mad Tack also finished Connie's order of 'spooky jumps'- which ended up being spookier for me than they were for Sully. Can't wait to see how he has progressed next time I see him!
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