Veronica's Lesson Journal
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9/22/2005 - Friday
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Went on a really long trail ride
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Learned to lean forward going uphill and back going
downhill
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Practiced turning in tight spaces, backing on the
trails, stopping, starting, and jumping small logs
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Needs to work on keeping heels down! They come up
far too often!!
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Overall, good performance
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Worked on posting...getting the hang of it, slowly
but surely
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Doing good, girl!! Keep it up, and bring those grades
back up!! :)
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9/15/2005 - Friday
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Worked in an English saddle for the first time
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Had trouble keeping heels down while trotting
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Weaved in and out of cones, made up different patterns
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Learned to do a serpentine
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Leaned where to keep hands when riding and why, and
also to pull back, not up, for commands
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Went up and down arena throwing balls into the buckets
- didn't miss a single time! Yay!!
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Rode with another horse and learned ring etiquette
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Cantered for the first time - did really, really well!
Keep up the good work, Veronica!!
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9/9/2005 - Friday
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Worked in arena for first time
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Worked on walk/stop combos, and walk/trot/stop combos
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Collected cones from fence and stuck them in trees
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Collected cones from fence and dropped them onto other
cones
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Ran up from one end to the other and dropped cone
onto another cone
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Learned how to get Prissy close to the fence and get
the cone, also how to hang onto the cones and steer the horse at the same time!
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Leaned how to count eh number of steps backed, and
back a certain number of steps as well
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Did really well all over...good job, Veronica!!
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