Dada came up at the start of the lesson and said she had good and bad news. I think she exaggerated both.
The bad news was that we aren't riding in a show this weekend. The arena or whatever had no mounting ramp, and while I have mounted often without a ramp, it isn't worth it. Weather looks questionable. We did not have ride times; we were hoping for cancellations.
The good news was that there will be a show at Frying Pan Park. I am learning a tougher test for that show.
It is tough. A big circle, which always turned out misshapen, a serpentine, which I forgot how to ride until Dada said "Where are you going? Straight." It also had several other patterns I had not done in months.
I got it memorized so now I should do better, but it was a real workout of a lesson. I don't get sore, but when I am concentrating real hard, my mouth gets real dry. It was real dry yesterday, let me tell you.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Testing surprise
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One of the things I was always taught was to visualise the circle (or serpentine, or figure 8) on the ground. It's especially useful when you haven't got an arena to fix the boundaries.
I think that was totally it, Ro. I had no pattern ingrained in my mind. Now I do. I have been riding it in my mind all week.
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