I try to spend at least a portion of my weekend riding my ho..
🕑 Added 2023-08-12 22:04:14 +0000 UTC
I try to spend at least a portion of my weekend riding my horses. Some rides are shorter or longer or better or worse than others, but each one gives me and whichever horse I’m riding a chance to improve and bond with each other.
When I mention “the change,” I am referring to a lead change. When horses are at a canter (the preferred gait for jumping) they “lead” with their inside leg. If a horse lands after a jump on the incorrect lead, then we need a lead change to get them back on the correct lead. Lead changes may be “simple” by breaking from a canter (on the incorrect lead) down to a trot, then back into the canter (into the correct lead) OR they can be done as a “flying” lead change where the horse maintains the canter and switches leads by having correct balance and changing in the air.
In most horse shows a flying change, which is a more advanced maneuver, is necessary to be in the ribbons for hunter/jumper classes 💙❤️💛
