Thursday June 11th 2009

Calypso: I rode with Christie today. It was calypso's first time jumping in  2 weeks. He was so great! I really focused on looking one jump ahead of me. This helped tremendously. I didn't worry about the distance and got over every jump fairly well. We also worked on roll back turns. Calypso was steady and under himself. 

Jack: I rode with Christie on Jack too. We definitely need to work on our flat work. I need to make sure to pull him together instead of just letting him canter around. Our first courses were pretty good. We went to canter to an oxer, and I took the first distance that came to me. We refused. It was aggravating. I need to be more patient and let things happen. After that, our courses improved. 

Handy: I rode him so that Christie could see how he goes. The flat work was nice. He was a little fresh and swapped his leads when I didn't ask him to. Other than that, he was great on the flat. After, we jumped a bit. He really jumps right from where you tell him to. I have a hard time trusting my distances, so it was strange. We finally got it by the end. We ended by doing a bending six to a bending 3 perfectly.