A Few Horse and Rider Problems : Lesson 3

Well, there were bound to be ups and downs, and I didn’t feel quite so positive after today’s lesson. I told my trainer that I was struggling with bending correctly at the hip, so we did some work to start with just sitting on a stool and then standing, whilst maintaining the right position. I have to admit I found that absolutely impossible as the pain in my knees was excruciating, and I am not sure how I can work round this one.

Anyway, we moved in to the school and I did a bit of work in walk and trot, and managed to hold my new position fairly well, but I was finding trotting on the left rein SO difficult and I couldn’t tell if it was  me or Lucky, so I asked my trainer to have a little sit on him. She found that he was VERY stiff on the left rein and finds it really hard to stretch and soften, so she has advised me to get a physio to have a look and see if he needs releasing off somewhere.

So, not such a positive session in my mind, I came away feeling very frustrated with myself.

I must just ad that I went for a hack a couple of days later and felt much more positive about things, as I managed a fairly good trot in the right position with Lucky swinging forward nicely, and we even had a lovely canter too, but things did go a little pear shaped here, not such a good position and I even lost one stirrup which doesn’t normally happen!

So, I am looking forward to me next lesson to see what we can achieve.