Saturday was the last session of our Saturday camp aside from a few make up sessions from snow in October and a few girls missing we are pretty wrapped up until early next year and a special winter break day camp. It was a good 10 week session, we had 1 rainy Saturday and other than that no complaints from me. The kids are great and the schooling tack and my own tack got lots of attention, the barn and buckets were scrubbed and the girls learned a lot of horse care and management. Almost all the girls learned to canter in the 10-weeks, which was great to see. Saturday we also did an early celebration for Leigh Ann and Emily's birthday.
Amanda on Royo (left), Emily on Aston (right) and Irina in the middle. Yes, they should be wearing helmets!
Saturday was a 7 hour teaching day with no breaks. The weather was great and for another weekend the horses are all going really well. Many of my riders have made such break troughs this Fall it leaves me feel so awesome. Royo, one of the new additions, is learning by leaps and bounds, he is even happily clearing some 3ft fences with room to spare. Cannot say how excited I am to see him next Spring. He is going to be so fun for Amanda. Irina and her partner Quest jumped their first 3ft fences over the weekend, both were relaxed and happy and all their hard work is paying off! Aston and Emily also have come together a lot over the last few months, Leigh Ann and I are looking forward to schooling him a bit more with Emily out for a few weeks. The time we took to re-teach him how to carry himself up and on his butt has paid off. He now jumps like a grand prix horse.
Check him out over jumping a warm up cross rail (this is pretty standard for him over any jump of any size) he is going to make someone an awesome upper level eventer as he is so mellow for the dressage.
Leyla and Spiderman also have had some break through rides especially in the canter. Friday Leigh Ann had an all time best dressage and jump lesson on Rex. I think we were both glowing. Rex is really finding his stride and coming more trustingly into the bridle in a 1st level self carriage.
Regal and I had some nice rides this weekend. We worked a bit in the ring and went out for trot and canter sets. On our way home we stopped to play in the water, where he licked it, like a dog would drink, not fully drinking just licking. That was a first and very funny. Dubai had a second ride on Friday. He was more relaxed tacking up, still pooped twice but over all was less worried. He was great under saddle, I may move his barefoot schedule up and put shoes on him in Dec rather than Jan since I will be around through the holidays.
Reto's riding is also making leaps. He got on 3 times this week. He has deemed Aston his favorite with Spiderman running a close second. His relaxed attitude really has made him progress come quickly. Soon he'll be canter around daily rather than just in lessons. Can't say how thankful I am to have a supportive other half to the horses, never mind one that likes to ride!
Reto in action today:
This week looks like rain for the first half, so I will be getting wet the next few days as I refuse to go into the indoor, today's 65 degrees has put me back in Spring mode!
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