Wednesday July 22nd 2009

Spy: We warmed up well. Then we went into the ring, and he was pretty spooky. I kept my leg on, but didn't trust him to go over it. I pulled a bit. I cut in a bit to the 2nd jump and rode backwards instead of up. We refused and got beeped out. Kellie rode him in a class after to try and get him to be ok. THey were fine up until the triple. He stopped dirty :(

Cash: He was so good! I didn't think I was going to be able to ride him, but I did :) Our first class was a training jumper class. I was way over the time allowed. I didn't let loose enough. We got the numbers and got over everything. The children's class was next at 3'6" Our first round was much better. I opened up his stride and trusted him to go over everything. We made the jump off. I galloped a little too much and left out strides when I shouldn't have. I got a little lost, which cost me 3 sec. The classic was the last class we did. I fixed my issue with the lines, but I ended up loosing my rein to a jump so we had it down. I needed to work harder on making a plan and sticking to it. I was supposed to do an inside turn. I started to, but changed my mind.

I have issues sticking to my plan and committing to one decision. I need to work on being decisive and brave.