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Soooooo, this morning i was up at 8am, mum said, do you still want to go to the jumping class? I said of course!
Got my gear into the horse truck, set up Fargo's cage with lots of foraging materials, got dressed, made up Fargo's food, then it was time to go!
We got there at 12:30, and it was meant to be an hour private lesson..
But i rode until 3
Well, Kitai was AMAZING!!!!
At first he was upset, cause the instructor was showing me how to bring his head down instead of up in the air ( cause he is a racehorse ), and Kitai quickly learned what to do, you could tell how focused he was!
After 10 minutes i hopped on to give it a go, and Kitai was just magic, he finally bowed his head down nicely (most of the time) hahaha
Then it was jumping time!!!!!
We have never done proper jumps before, only the little ones at home, so this was his FIRST time seeing actual jumps and wings!
There were seven jumps set up in the middle of the arena...all in a straight line, they started off small, then got bigger.. and Kitai was amazing..
He didnt once try and shy at the jump, he just cleared each of them perfectly!
The instructor was sooo amazed, i cant tell you how many times he said
' This horse is amazing' or 'geez, thats a bloody nice horse isnt it' haha
and to make it better, the man had a great sense of humour, so he laughed at my sarcastic witty comments, and he made jokes back!
He couldnt believe how WILLING Kitai was to do anything for me, all he wanted to do was please me..
He said he is soooo calm, and has just a lovely temperament, and that there isnt a nasty bone in his body!
So anyway.. Long story short, Kitai is the best horse ever hahahaha
and now some photos!
Flatwork:
Jumping:
This was his first ever DOUBLE jump, and he cleared it like a pro each time..
and the video!!!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKzbrJNakZM&feature=youtu.be"]kitai jumping - YouTube[/ame]
The instructor man said we have ALOT of great potential!!!!!
But i am so proud of Kitai with his first lesson.. You can tell he just loves jumping, there is absolutely no hesitation at all!
Will be getting a lesson every 2 weeks, then will be going to the big arena and hiring out the jump course each week!
Hopefully will be going to a little jumping show next weekend !
Got my gear into the horse truck, set up Fargo's cage with lots of foraging materials, got dressed, made up Fargo's food, then it was time to go!
We got there at 12:30, and it was meant to be an hour private lesson..
But i rode until 3
Well, Kitai was AMAZING!!!!
At first he was upset, cause the instructor was showing me how to bring his head down instead of up in the air ( cause he is a racehorse ), and Kitai quickly learned what to do, you could tell how focused he was!
After 10 minutes i hopped on to give it a go, and Kitai was just magic, he finally bowed his head down nicely (most of the time) hahaha
Then it was jumping time!!!!!
We have never done proper jumps before, only the little ones at home, so this was his FIRST time seeing actual jumps and wings!
There were seven jumps set up in the middle of the arena...all in a straight line, they started off small, then got bigger.. and Kitai was amazing..
He didnt once try and shy at the jump, he just cleared each of them perfectly!
The instructor was sooo amazed, i cant tell you how many times he said
' This horse is amazing' or 'geez, thats a bloody nice horse isnt it' haha
and to make it better, the man had a great sense of humour, so he laughed at my sarcastic witty comments, and he made jokes back!
He couldnt believe how WILLING Kitai was to do anything for me, all he wanted to do was please me..
He said he is soooo calm, and has just a lovely temperament, and that there isnt a nasty bone in his body!
So anyway.. Long story short, Kitai is the best horse ever hahahaha
and now some photos!
Flatwork:
Jumping:
This was his first ever DOUBLE jump, and he cleared it like a pro each time..
and the video!!!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKzbrJNakZM&feature=youtu.be"]kitai jumping - YouTube[/ame]
The instructor man said we have ALOT of great potential!!!!!
But i am so proud of Kitai with his first lesson.. You can tell he just loves jumping, there is absolutely no hesitation at all!
Will be getting a lesson every 2 weeks, then will be going to the big arena and hiring out the jump course each week!
Hopefully will be going to a little jumping show next weekend !