Post by fimacg on Mar 9, 2012 20:15:23 GMT
My sixth sense told me to put my body armour today when I decided to do some grid work with Brave, and boy am I glad I did!
One of Brave's SJ quirks is that he likes to take off on a long stride and nose dive on the other, he has the scope that he usually clears what you point him at sometimes at what feels like the top of the wings. So I thought grid work would be ideal to get him thinking.
So set up this grid....
First time through Brave did his usual and took off on a long stride causing me to loose a stirrup as I wasn't ready for it, which meant he jumped the second fence on a really awkward stride and nose dived between fences two and three, pulling me forward out of the saddle, que me loosing the other stirrup. By this point I am buried in his neck, unable to see where we were going as my face was literally in his mane beside his neck, I had no reins as I was two busy trying to sit upright and had my hands on his neck and no stirrups. !
He then proceeds to jump the last two fences in the grid, thank goodness he is honest enough to stay straight and look after his poor old mum and amazingly I stayed on... how I really don't know!
The next few times through it gradually improved until we did it really nicely on both reins and then decided to call it quits on a good note
One of Brave's SJ quirks is that he likes to take off on a long stride and nose dive on the other, he has the scope that he usually clears what you point him at sometimes at what feels like the top of the wings. So I thought grid work would be ideal to get him thinking.
So set up this grid....
First time through Brave did his usual and took off on a long stride causing me to loose a stirrup as I wasn't ready for it, which meant he jumped the second fence on a really awkward stride and nose dived between fences two and three, pulling me forward out of the saddle, que me loosing the other stirrup. By this point I am buried in his neck, unable to see where we were going as my face was literally in his mane beside his neck, I had no reins as I was two busy trying to sit upright and had my hands on his neck and no stirrups. !
He then proceeds to jump the last two fences in the grid, thank goodness he is honest enough to stay straight and look after his poor old mum and amazingly I stayed on... how I really don't know!
The next few times through it gradually improved until we did it really nicely on both reins and then decided to call it quits on a good note
for so much hard work we thank ye!!
