tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post1937484161176890789..comments2024-03-26T17:31:58.290-07:00Comments on 'Fraidy Cat Eventing: gymnastiesemmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-46592534126016213482018-06-28T18:54:39.354-07:002018-06-28T18:54:39.354-07:00How fun!!!
What a good boy.How fun!!! <br /><br />What a good boy.Cathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652933884652697666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-70602399030522117212018-06-25T06:40:44.662-07:002018-06-25T06:40:44.662-07:00ha definitely!! charlie steers pretty well these d...ha definitely!! charlie steers pretty well these days, but he's more like a cruise liner than a sports car so.... yea apparently i need to be better at planning ahead!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-74162076891236880812018-06-25T06:40:03.651-07:002018-06-25T06:40:03.651-07:00lol yea, luckily it's actually all just a bunc...lol yea, luckily it's actually all just a bunch of straight lines, done once at a time! it makes more sense once you're in there checking it out yourself ;)emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-73658137352991107812018-06-21T15:26:49.105-07:002018-06-21T15:26:49.105-07:00We used to practice jumping barrels, they are grea...We used to practice jumping barrels, they are great for finding out how good your steering actually is!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066327510880156537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-64359642758166133492018-06-21T07:53:07.338-07:002018-06-21T07:53:07.338-07:00I legit don't even know if I could decipher wh...I legit don't even know if I could decipher where I was supposed to go in that ring! LOL SO MANY JUMPS. I do love the rainbows, though.Rocking E Cowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02196564322911201897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-76121809054174654022018-06-21T06:18:52.573-07:002018-06-21T06:18:52.573-07:00definitely hard, but definitely fun! i've had ...definitely hard, but definitely fun! i've had some trainers in the past who would build entire lessons around nothing more than glorified cavalleti and you better believe we'd be sweating our way through it haha!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-10983867900433147582018-06-20T15:46:30.202-07:002018-06-20T15:46:30.202-07:00What a awesome, technical lesson. Sometimes the sm...What a awesome, technical lesson. Sometimes the smaller, more complex jumps are so much fun. They are so hard though!!Jannaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156268032357868460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-82311390266389052552018-06-20T13:53:29.709-07:002018-06-20T13:53:29.709-07:00haha very true! idk why i love calling them that l...haha very true! idk why i love calling them that lol, but yea, definitely don't think they're truly nasty. they're super fun!!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-78562557752476777842018-06-20T13:47:31.849-07:002018-06-20T13:47:31.849-07:00You say you enjoy the the exercise yet you title y...You say you enjoy the the exercise yet you title your post “gymnasties” ! Doesn’t sound like you find them to be nasty😙Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668236260564470212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-46967773652585472542018-06-20T13:21:28.639-07:002018-06-20T13:21:28.639-07:00oooh yes you definitely should! it's fun to sh...oooh yes you definitely should! it's fun to shake it up every now and then, esp considering the grids can give us a lot of information about how our horses are doing sometimes!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-25222423596109380702018-06-20T13:08:45.411-07:002018-06-20T13:08:45.411-07:00I've not done very many jump lessons since Mur...I've not done very many jump lessons since Murray and I got back to it, and we've been mostly focused on coursing. I'm very excited to get back to grids! Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834098473974912416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-88108642081498941822018-06-20T11:41:31.672-07:002018-06-20T11:41:31.672-07:00lol yea it can certainly be a bit overwhelming, wi...lol yea it can certainly be a bit overwhelming, with a lot to look at!! but that's why you start the horses out small and just build up one jump at a time. and most of these are designed to be trotted into, with the first portion of the exercise specifically designed to get the horse where the horse needs to be for the rest -- like how they use grids for free jumping horses and what not. the idea is that it's pretty hard to seriously mess it up, but still pretty educational for the horse!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-75397065218084488702018-06-20T11:26:25.830-07:002018-06-20T11:26:25.830-07:00Lol I like that term gymnasties - I hate them. I ...Lol I like that term gymnasties - I hate them. I know it's supposed to actually be easier but I find it unnerving that the jumps come up that quick - not much room for recovery if one doesn't go right!Training Cupidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14225857133948773885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-24831021984918606552018-06-20T11:04:43.281-07:002018-06-20T11:04:43.281-07:00lol yup! like once charlie understood that they we...lol yup! like once charlie understood that they were actually jumps to be jumped, as opposed to say... random obstacles accidentally placed in his path (bc let's remember, this is a horse who can and will accidentally run into mounting blocks, jump standards, shrubs....), then he was totally on board with jumping them. but possibly he needs to learn that not every jump is going to right away look like a jump, but he's still gotta figure out how to get over!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-47017976478018815652018-06-20T10:42:57.477-07:002018-06-20T10:42:57.477-07:00jumping barrels like that is sooooo hard... even w...jumping barrels like that is sooooo hard... even with guide rails... I had it tossed in a lesson a couple times and my response was always "what are you nuts!!!"<br /><br />definitely shows gaps in rideability and straightness tho!Purple Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179696153116063779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-52246201508037479372018-06-20T08:22:23.731-07:002018-06-20T08:22:23.731-07:00lol right???? like compared to all these grids we ...lol right???? like compared to all these grids we do, the simpler show jumping combinations seen in novice and training seem like a cake walk lolemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-17283234923986665492018-06-20T08:21:22.388-07:002018-06-20T08:21:22.388-07:00lol yea - charlie definitely agrees with Gem when ...lol yea - charlie definitely agrees with Gem when it comes to things like flat work exercises. like, 'but i already gave you a nice canter depart, why are you asking again??' luckily tho he seems to like the jumping and enjoy the sorta 'puzzle solving' aspect of grids in particular that he does well with the repetition. here's hoping E's feet toughen up asap so he can start playing with more fun stuff too!! have you tried keratex hoof hardener? it's been (knocking on wood) a huge help for keeping charlie's feet in good order so far this seasonemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-5894263085136094522018-06-20T08:19:36.330-07:002018-06-20T08:19:36.330-07:00I love gridwork. Good for rider and horse. Now if ...I love gridwork. Good for rider and horse. Now if only show gymnasties were a thing...Laur @FMHHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978311855305167845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-28636801137892734892018-06-20T08:12:59.061-07:002018-06-20T08:12:59.061-07:00Fun! His head seemed more in the game for this les...Fun! His head seemed more in the game for this lesson. Grids turned Gem into an angry shewtich so we never did many of them. Seriously the easiest way to piss her off was do a grid. Or really any repetition at all. She basically decided once she did something that it was offensive to be asked again. Haven’t gotten that far with Sir Gimpy and who knows when we will wthmour current sore feet issue. Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346020257901575574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-85848843587251594072018-06-20T07:38:32.545-07:002018-06-20T07:38:32.545-07:00lol yea he was definitely not at all convinced i k...lol yea he was definitely not at all convinced i knew what i was doing our first time through the barrel line... possibly i should have been a little more prepared for that, but eh. he figured it out! he seems to like grids a lot bc repetition and puzzles and whatnot seem to make sense to him once he's got them figured out (despite the occasional smash lol)emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-10450922678544785022018-06-20T07:24:35.893-07:002018-06-20T07:24:35.893-07:00OMG I love his "feels" over the barrels ...OMG I love his "feels" over the barrels the first time LOL. Like WTF is this?! Haha! He's SOOOOO solid tho in those one strides! He's looking really super, and you two look great. Once he figured out the barrels and chevron he was on it! Plus, he absolutely smashed that vertical in the two strides. Charlie smash! lolMandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485570296592298816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-41304212206995053842018-06-20T06:41:19.865-07:002018-06-20T06:41:19.865-07:00he's such a good boy, he basically just wants ...he's such a good boy, he basically just wants to get the answers right. the issue at plantation was never about the jumps (i feel like i keep having to say this haha) - it was about going forward away from the crowd. <br /><br />and my trainer sets up the exercises in our lessons ;)emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-79331040864633912002018-06-20T06:38:30.746-07:002018-06-20T06:38:30.746-07:00Those are such cool grids. I have to ask- who sets...Those are such cool grids. I have to ask- who sets all this up?? <br /><br />He was sooo good over the barrels/chevron! You guys definitely have your groove back :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-11540835521960740512018-06-20T06:30:53.000-07:002018-06-20T06:30:53.000-07:00that's awesome! my trainer P very often likes ...that's awesome! my trainer P very often likes to find ways to incorporate a single one stride grid in our courses bc it's so so so useful, but it's fun to do bigger and more complicated grids too! hopefully May likes them as much as charlie!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-46256762406509384882018-06-20T06:25:43.957-07:002018-06-20T06:25:43.957-07:00New Trainer does so many grids. All the time. Alth...New Trainer does so many grids. All the time. Although, I am going to hide this post from her. The barrels to the chevron sounds really hard hahaha Emily - May As Wellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12404536866220283931noreply@blogger.com