Bigger, Not Faster

"A bigger canter doesn't mean you have to be going faster"

Our last lesson looked something like this:

The Jumps 7, 11, 12, and 13 were done in the lesson before me, but are not part of the course that Ruby and I did. They are there for reference.

Jump 1, Jump 2, 6 stride (7 for Ruby) to Jumps 3; lead change over 4, lead change and angle over 5, go around 10 and 7 to lead change and jump the angle at 6, (7 was a barrel that we skipped), lead change and Jump 8, Jump 9 (barrels) 4 stride to the gate at 10. We stopped here, but the other class had to lead change over 10 and angle 11, 12, 13.

The biggest issue we had was the four stride between 9 (barrels) and 10 (gate). Sure, we could get the four, but Ruby started rushing over the barrels and getting flat (not fun) and inverted (even less fun). Looks like we will be needing another flat lesson to remind her (or both of us) how to get a bigger canter without falling apart!