I have been at my current facility for over a year and have never made it out to the xc field...until now!
Other friends have mentioned that they thought Ruby would do well in xc, but it really isn't something I have seriously considered- you know, since people/horses die doing that shiz all the time. However, I have slowly been moving away from the hunter scene since xc/dressage events don't see to care that I am an adult and Ruby is a pony.
Debi had us warm up in the riding arena just to see what mood Ruby was in that day. We worked our way up to 2'7" (we did measure it), then headed out to the field.
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| Warming up in the arena |
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| First jump out there! Little bitty log |
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| Worked our way up to jumping small elements |
Since Ruby is a little mistrustful when I ask her to jump something 'new,' we took things nice and slow to give her plenty of time to look at the jumps before going over. By slow, I mean SLOW- we walked up to jumps and trotted a few strides away to give her PLENTY of time...no reason for her to go "oh wait wait?" like she usually does. This was a great idea for me as well, since it allowed me to just relax and let her do her thing. After the lesson, I thought maybe there was hope for us after all :)
thanks to my sister, Julia, for the photos.
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