THE FIRST jumping experience!

HAHAHAHAHA!

I'm so happy. Me and Mcfly had such a good day.
The weather was lovely, surprisingly, and I felt like a trip to the school as we had been riding out alot. I was in the mood to enlighten Mcfly to a couple of really easy lateral movements to get him listening to me.

We started off in the school like we normally do.Mcfly bombing around, trying to trot as fast as his little legs can carry him. But eventually he calmed down, after doing some bending exercises.
When I looked up I saw Caz (Mcfly's owner) walking down the drive. She come over to the school and stated to watch me and Mcfly finishing off our schooling exercises I had planned out for the day..
To cut the story short, Caz suggested that I should try him over some trotting poles, so I did! The first time he sheepishly trotted over them almost jumping each pole. After the second time through the grid, he'd got it and was really picking his feet up over them.
Caz then said she was curious to how he'd act over a small cross pole jump, and that I should take him over it, just to see what he does...eek! It had been 3 years since Id jumped, even though it was only a tiny jump on the ground, I actually didn't fancy a faceful when I had tumbled to the ground..hehe

But I went a head with it anyway, the brave rider I am (HAHAHAHA! yeh :s)
He ducked out the first time, so when we approached it the second time, I used more leg on the side that he had ducked out and he popped over it nicely. It was no olympic record but I felt like we had made huge progress.

Maybe he is finally beginning to trust me :D


loves
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