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New Horse!
I'm finally getting a horse! Ok, so he's a lease, not really mine, but much better than lessons/day leases. And he's much nicer than I could afford--an Irish Sport Horse, older gelding, made hunt horse. Should be broke enough for my kids to learn on, and I get to take him fox hunting and continue working on my jumping…
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Jumping Update
In case anyone was wondering...I have been trying some of the suggestions I got before and it is helping. Especially "ride the landing." I also had my first lesson with a new trainer last night and that was a huge difference. She actually had me go into position early and stay longer after the jump, so that I had more time…
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So discouraged
I have talked this over with my (non-horsey) husband and a good friend of mine, and I am still feeling down about it. So I am throwing this out to all of you, since y'all have more experience than I do. Here goes: I stopped riding for 7 years, then started back up last October with the objective of learning to jump. I had…
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Thank you to everyone!
Thanks to all of you who provided me with tips and support last week. I repeated the day I couldn't finish (wk 5 day 2), slowed down a tiny bit and used my inhaler beforehand, and was able to finish! Was still sure I wouldn't be able to do the whole 20 min run on day 3, but tried it anyway. AND I did it!!!! I am so very…
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Week 5 failure
Nope, not the big run. I attempted Week 5 Day 2 yesterday, which in my program is two 8 min runs with a 5 min walk between. I was able to do the first 8, but only made 5 min of the second run before I had to take a breather (I walked for 1 min, then ran for 3 more min). My question is, do I repeat this day or go on to the…
