The RAC began in 2007 and continued until 2015. It was created to unite all curly horse owners to encourage and motivate each other and to promoting the breed. Participating riders earn points to win amazing prizes. This blog was created to share with others their personal journey with each other and the public. *This blog is not a training blog and any techniques or methods shown here are not necessarily enforced by the RAC. Consult your trainer for advice. http://curlyhorsecountry.com
Saturday, April 2, 2011
First Ride!!
Today a friend of mine (also a Curly owner) came over to see Suri and help me out for the first ride. She was really impressed with both Suri's looks and also her quiet and relaxed attitude! I saddled Suri (I have a temporary saddle on loan now:) and first lunged her. I had not lunged her with a saddle before but she did not mind it. The left hand is her least favourite so she ran a little but only a few strides before settling down. Then it was time for me to get on. I know now I need a mounting block!!! I could not reacht the stirups:) LOL My friend helped me up and held Suri. I started with a round on my belly on the saddle just to see how she was and then sat up in the saddle. Suri was still on the lungeline and we practiced walk and halt. She was really relaxed and I am sure I could have asked for her to trot but she was allready sweating so bad ( it was about 20 degrees C today!) and she was being so good I decided to leave it at this for today. I am going for a slow but secure start with the riding:) I am really happy with how she behaved for the first time having me on her back and am looking forward to continuing our training! I brought my camera along but was too bussy with Suri to remember about is, sorry no pictures of me riding yet. Jessica and Suri, the Netherlands (I remembered finally:)
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Good job Jessica! Hope Suri sheds a lot of her coat soon. But then you will have a horse looking quite different.
ReplyDeleteBerit
congratulations on your first ride - I hope they all go well from here and you have great fun with your mare.
ReplyDeleteLol, I always forget location too! Way to go with your first ride!!! So nice having it under the belt eh? Before you know it you will have to choose between Suri and Voelie to ride!
ReplyDeleteSuri is shedding about a bucket full of hair each day! And she still has a really thick coat. It will be nice for her indead to get into her summer coat and indeed she will be looking completely different again:)
ReplyDeleteVoelie is really interested in what I am doing with Suri, she stands and watches most of the time, I hope she is learning by watching:)