After all the show jumping we’ve done lately, I chose to give Vin a hefty dose of flatwork schooling on Wednesday evening.
How brilliant it is to be able to school in total daylight – to leave the floodlights off!
The bulk of the work concentrated on walk-canter and canter-walk transitions, this being an exercise that Jo’s particularly keen on; it teaches Vin a number of things but as importantly it builds on his confidence and balance.
I got home that night feeling brilliant, elated; he genuinely tries, he loves trying.
We have a very busy month lined up for April; two cross country schooling sessions with Alan Noble, two show jumping sessions with Mandy, a dressage competition (P10 and P12 at Allenshill) and a flatwork lesson with Jo.
In early May I’m planning on hiring a local venue (probably Allenshill’s show jumping arena and get Mandy there to work on our ringcraft.
Vin’s first BE looks like it might be June – all being well!
B.