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FUN!

It's been a busy last couple of months in the circus my life. The boys and I have gotten into a routine again - a solid 4+ rides per week schedule for both of them. And I finally dragged our sorry butts out to lessons. Wonder has had two lessons, one with each one of our trainers. He won them both over with his brave, cute little movement and good brain. I was a little rusty, and suffering from "rogue left hand syndrome" at first, but I'm getting back to the rhythm of things. Charmer and I had a lesson with S and she changed some of our tack and absolutely revolutionized our ride. We got back to jumping 2'6"/2'9" comfortably with her help. Good trainers are life changing!

The week after all of our lessons, I put all of our training to use at home. Wonder is learning to accept and seek the contact while staying forward on the flat. In the moments where he gets it, I get a fantastic glimpse into the horse he will become in time! I worked with Charmer on keeping his head up, especially coming to fences, and I am working on riding confidently and forward to the fences.

Horse has a jump!

We now have an instant gag on Charmer's bridle, and I'm riding in double reins. It has been a game changer for us! We don't get into a pulling war anymore and it makes us both much happier and more confident.


With our new setup, I had a flash of bravery and hiked the jumps up at home for the first time. We schooled some good 2'6"-2'9" fences at home and it felt controlled, forward and FUN. Wow its been a little chunk of time since I've really been able to say that about jumping! I have lots of nerves when it comes to jumping, and for this one day I had zero. 


There is about another 1.5 months until the next local show on my radar. I'm hoping to actually hit that one! Since I've missed the last 3... Whoops. 


Charmer is feeling better than he has in all of the time I've owned him! It does make him a really strong ride, but he is FUN. His jump is feeling powerful and balanced. Which makes me a happy horse mom!

Here you can kind of see our new gag setup


Feeling ready to get back on the XC course

There will be more life updates, Charmer updates, and Wonder updates in the near future! For right now, this is here to show you that I am indeed alive, riding, and having so much FUN!


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