Oscar and I went along to a jumping clinic on Sunday, organised by the fantastic Waitemata Riding Club, with Lisa Coupe as the instructor. She was fantastic, even with us in the baby heights class, pretty good really for someone who usually jumps 1.20m+ heights. Oscar had lots of fun and me too once I got over the nerves a bit. Sarah and Bert, and Ellie and Spyke were there too, in the higher class that was on before ours. Spyke was a bit of a toad and did two fairly decent sized rears (no idea why) and then put in a stop at the scary jump that most horses had a thing about, and Ellie hit the ground. He did settle down after that and did a few lovely jumps but never seemed to be happy with the scary jump!
Oscar didn't much like that one either but it was good for me to have to ride him forward into it. Our last two rounds (over the same course) were fab, and it really clicked in my head that it feels so much better when I actually ride him forward.
So last night I went down to Ellie's place with her and Sarah, and we did more jumping and worked on some 2 point canter. It was sooo much fun! Oscar is a wee star and very kind over the jumps. He was being pretty lazy, so we didn't really have heaps of forward-ness but he did all I asked him to so pretty good really. Was great having Ellie and Sarah there to yell at me (in a nice way!)
Anyway - some pics from the clinic:
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