Elena 06/20/2013

We had a lot of fun today!

We started with our Remudas in the morning and talked about „problem solving“ at home when no instructor is around. It‘s very helpful to be on parelliconnect, because you can get so much help there, ask questions and watch hundreds of videos!

At 10 o‘clock 5***** Instructor David Lichman gave a Liberty demo for us and the Level 3/4 class with his three horses. It was very inspiring!

During lunch we talked a little bit with David. He can speak german very well! Next year he‘s going to be in Switzerland and maybe he‘s also coming to Germany! Let‘s see, what we can manage. ;-)

It would be a great opportunity for everyone, especially for the students with gaited horses!

David Lichman

David Lichman

Before lunch, we‘ve done some simulations about lateral manouvers with the Level 3/4 students. And you could see the „power of simulations“ again... ;-)

Simulations on Lateral Manouvers

In the afternoon the students had guided experimenting time again. Many of them went already packing their stuff together or shopping. That means, we had the possibility to ride our horses a little bit.

I went to the covered arena with Lily and worked on our Freestyle flying lead changes. I already tried it yesterday in the honeycomb, but the ground there was to uneven for her (and me!) and she was bouncing to much...

But today we had two really nice flying changes in the covered arena! As soon as she did one, I went out of the arena and let her graze. Hopefully she‘s very motivated now to do them again. ;-)

At 4:15 pm our last focus stations started: Erin and I had the „Follow the leader“ together.

It was really fun! I was riding in front and Erin at the end. We went through the whole Savvy Park, through the Arena Grande and around the honeycomb. We‘ve done some nice patterns in the follow the leader like the clover leaf, circles, going over logs, through the pond, up and down hill and so on. In between we‘ve done some trotting and backing up with the „beep-beep“. Some of us also cantered near the honeycomb!

I love the „Follow the leader“! :-)

Follow the Leader

Tomorrow is already the last day of the 2-week Level 3/4 course. 

The students have the opportunity to do a trail ride.

We‘ve got three different levels/groups of trail riding and I‘m going to lead the „beginning trail ride“. It‘s going to be pretty much the same as we did today in the focus station. I‘m looking forward to it!

The other focus stations today have been „Partner Play“ and the „Linda Blair Game“.