9 Year Anniversary!

"pony is rockin' the blue!'

I did a sappy post last year, so this one will be quick and to the point: I love my pony, pony sometimes loves me (when I have treats), everyone wins!

Glad to have found my 'Heart Horse.'
#almostadecade

Thanks for the photo Valerie!

Position Issues

"whyyy do my toes do that?!"

The best way to see how well you really ride (which may be different than how you think you ride) is to have a friend get a video. Unfortunately, I don't yet have an SD card (which has since been ordered from Amazon) to write HD video to my camera fast enough to take more than 10 seconds of video. Second best option: pictures.

From these pictures, I have learned a few things:

1. My right foot is retarded and has a mind of it's own (I've mentioned this before in past posts)- I don't know if I lean left or what, but my right leg/foot is never where it is supposed to be...but both toes turn out the stride before (and over, apparently) the jump.

2. I sometimes tilt forward instead of folding over at the hip when I jump (yikes). This causes my leg to swing back, my center of gravity to go forward, and my pony to rush off with me because I can't stop her on the landing side.

3. My landing pictures show that I have a hunch that would put Igor to shame (damn).

The first part of improving it knowing that you have things to improve upon! Cheers to the upcoming training where I will attempt to fix my gimp-legged, stiff-backed, hunch-shouldered self.

Thank you to Caitlin, my riding buddy and schooling coach for the pictures and the input :)