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Post by wildrover on Mar 25, 2007 0:33:36 GMT 1
What with all the threads about confidence and achievements, talk of the confidence crew etc.... might as well have another one.
Heres the thing ....
Hows about having this thread as a TO DO list. Those things you have not quite got around to ... you WANT to but lacking that bit of confidence to do it ... or could just be plain laziness.
Post your TO DO list and then update posts as to progress.
Now if you WANT to jump Puissance height but aint never jumped before or a bit spooky about jumping then its not likely putting it on a TO DO list will get you over that wall by next week. However, you might start with trotting poles leading to a 6" cross pole ... etc etc.
You get the idea .....
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Post by kpick on Mar 25, 2007 1:36:02 GMT 1
ooh, to get a double clear tomorrow at my event. If i ever get faults XC, its always at an event, never just a hunter trial, and its nearly always my fault for allowing myself to think baad things so that would be nice. Also to get a fair decent dressage mark and be in with a chance of getting a placing.
also to help my friend with her pony. Has recently begun to refuse at fences when my friend tenses up, so im helping her to try and get some confidence back in herself and her pony to go and get a few clear rounds.
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Post by alfie on Mar 25, 2007 8:31:19 GMT 1
oh good idea, it will be good to keep looking back and making sure i'm doing what i am aimin for. 1.to go a whole hack with out making up a (we going to die) story. 2. to ride across a field 3. to ride across a field in company 4. to school in a field 5. to ride some of alfie's lesson next friday 6. to purposly pass fields of horses, we can do it  7. to desensatise alfie to buckets of money. 8. to ride on the moor with Boz. 9. to get alfie used to corralling.asap thanks thats helped to get that down. |
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Post by kya on Mar 25, 2007 8:33:07 GMT 1
Wildrover.. you have great posting ideas, but where's your contribution too?
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Post by staffsmum on Mar 25, 2007 11:43:33 GMT 1
1. To canter in company across an open field. ;D 2. To ride past tractors and lorries with No fear!  3. To do a pleasure ride. 4. To do cross country. |
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Post by kpick on Mar 25, 2007 20:13:58 GMT 1
I did it!! I got a double clear Showjumping and Cross County in the Intermediate Senior ODE. Im over the moon, but they had lost all the dressage sheets for my class, so as yet no results. Will update you!
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Post by wildrover on Mar 25, 2007 21:03:53 GMT 1
Kya - well part of my contribution was starting the thread!!! hehe
But yeh ok ... my list currently would be:
1. Make a list of my bad riding habits.
2. Focus on an area for improvement and plan how to improve it.
3. Have a plan for schooling work and work out a useful variation.
Keeping it simple I might achieve one of these by this time next week.
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Post by kya on Mar 25, 2007 21:53:22 GMT 1
Sounds good!
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Post by wozzer on Mar 25, 2007 22:07:33 GMT 1
Scared of putting this in writing, pride before a fall, etc but with Wozzer, my youngster, I can:-
1. Touch him anywhere including ears, etc
2. Move him with tips of finger pressure backwards or sideways
3. Always catch him when I want to
4. Pick up his feet no problem
And ......... at the first attempt this weekend, with the fabulous help of the amazing Zoe RA, can do the "L" exercise, ie. move him backwards through an L shape of poles, by using pressure/release on the lead rein only ;D ;D
(I can do all this with my Lincoln too, but we were starting from a different place with Wozzer ;D).
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Post by cantlivwithoutim on Mar 25, 2007 22:12:39 GMT 1
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Post by mrsmartiepants on Mar 25, 2007 22:19:18 GMT 1
~ To get him nearer me (hes 2hours away at the momment seems daft but finally after 4months he may be near me ) ~ To get him fit and working in a nice outline in canter (manage walk and trot now) ~ To tackle a small xc course now we are going confidently over xc jumps, just not all in a course ~To be able to brush his legs without at least a sign of trying to kick me Most important on my list is for him to love me just as much as I love him and make him happy |
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Post by wozzer on Mar 25, 2007 22:20:28 GMT 1
Oops I think I've posted on the wrong thread LOL!!
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Post by rosemaryhannah on Mar 25, 2007 22:23:34 GMT 1
To be able, reliable, to canter in a circle, both left and right, striking off on the appropriate leg each time, at once, and at the first aid given.
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Post by misty on Mar 26, 2007 11:19:20 GMT 1
I will, at 60, to enter my first Western show in April!
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Post by Suz on Mar 26, 2007 22:17:16 GMT 1
Right here goes:
get him out on a ride with or without company with no napping
sucessfully long line him (he bolted today)
get a saddle that fits (saddler is coming on wed)
school him so i'm happy about my brakes when riding in the dually
all in aide of the 17km discover endurance ride we hope to enter at the start of May
so now i have a list and a time line lets see if it works out
oh one other thing find a riding hat that fits! my current one is 9yrs old but none of the ones i've tried so far fit grrrr
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