April 26th 2009

Calypso: He was a jerk today. After fighting a little bit, I tried to relax. We ended well. 

Jack: He was exhausted, yet a little spooky. Eventually we got over the spooky corner. He was so receptive. 

-Casey

April 25th 2009

Calypso: I hoped on him after Kellie schooled him. He was a completely different horse- incrediably forward :) We jumped a couple big jumps. He was perfect. I can't wait for Saratoga. 

Jack: He was perfect! I started jumping myself without Kellie. It worked well. No big errors. After that, I jumped with Kellie. He was amazing! We jumped a 3'9" oxer. I usually jump him small to safe him for the shows. He was so good :) 

I also taught my boyfriend how to ride today. It was actually impressive. He learned how to post fairly well without killing the horses back. He looked confident too :) 

-Casey

April 24th 2009

Calypso: We went on a trail today and worked on stamina. He was pretty good, but very spooky. He didn't want to listen when I tried to collect him. Eventually, we got that to work. We went 3.05 miles-with 26.4 mph as the fastest we went. The program I was using stopped working before I started galloping. 

Jack: He was a jerk. He didn't want to listen and spooked often. I made it work eventually. I found that if I hold his head when he spooks, he gets worse. If I let go of it, he calms down. 

April 23rd 2009

Jack: I jumped him today. He was very spooky, but manageable. We need to work on working through spooks. 

Calypso: We jumped really big today. He was absolutely perfect! I was so relaxed which helped making distances work. We need to work on going straight over the jump before turning. 

April 22nd 2009

Calypso: I took my stirrups off to ride him. He got so light at times. I need to make sure when I ask him to gallop, I do it with hand and leg. He was so great. It seems like every day he is getting better. 

Jack: He was a bit aggravating. I couldn't keep him in the corners. Other than that, he was great. 

Handy: I hacked him to show him off to someone. He is funny. You basically just stay there in a half seat. If you do anything else, he gets angry. 

that's it!

April 18th

I showed Jack, Calypso, and Cash. 

Calypso: we did the child/adult jumpers and high schooling. It was so much easier than the last time I did it. Calypso was perfect. We made neat turns and won the four classes we were in. I was especially happy with riding up out of the turns and not making dumb decisions. Calypso was perfect. 

Cash: I rode Cash in two jumping and one flat class. He was so much better than last week. He was smooth, much slower, and easier to get back. We got all our lead changes which was great! Overall, I was so proud of his attitude and my riding. 

Jack: He was perfect! We had a couple spooks at the ginny hens. They were scary. I was happy that I didn't let that ruin the course, and I continued on to the next jump. Each of our courses got better and better. I was happiest with our New England round. I thought we were going to win it, but we didn't :( It was so smooth and out of pace. We both looked like every decision was the right one. I was so happy about it! We were going to do the Maclay and USEF, but the ginny hens were making very nice horses crazy. I didn't want to ruin him.

That's it!

-Casey

April 17th 2009

Jack:  I worked him outside for a bit then jumped  a couple jumps. He was perfect. Sarah got on him and jumped to get ready for a show. He was great. 

Calypso: He was perfect. I rode him in his gag to get ready for the show. We jumped a couple jumps. Nothing was wrong really.