Another Summer Update!

Hi guys! I hope all of you are having fun riding this summer. I've still been taking weekly riding lessons at Mary's barn, and it's been fantastic to ride all of her different horses. I got to ride an I2 horse twice when his owner was on vacation, which was fun but very difficult! Just collecting that horse's canter enough to do quarter and half pirouettes was exhausting. I think I need to start incorporating some workouts at the gym into my week . . . I've also ridden some young horses for Mary, which is a different kind of fun. I introduced leg-yield and shoulder-in to one gelding for the first time, and it was so interesting to feel him try to figure out what I was asking. He is a smart guy and picked it up pretty quickly! :) I'm also riding at my friend's barn once or twice a week, and I've had some great rides on her Hanoverian mare and her little Canadian pony. I got to do a clinic with Verne Batchelder last month, which was very informative. I might clinic with him again in two weeks if I can get time off from work. I also audited the Linda Zang clinic at Mary's barn earlier this summer and she was amazing! I would love to ride with her some day. Anyway, I'll see all of you in September and I hope everyone is having a good summer. :)