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Post by Elaine on Apr 21, 2011 11:11:35 GMT
Figured out in Perth how to work on soft trot, as before working with ozs boundaries, working with what he offers and one day he'll offer a fraction more, as worked really well with oz before. Also, as steve said oz used to be a scared horse. Still working through this a little, and when softness is elusive its cos he's not emotionally ready, a little worried or not quite in his comfort zone. Absolutely. The more we work together the less emotional and softer he gets and the more he offers.
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Post by Elaine on Apr 22, 2011 8:59:26 GMT
Day one over. Groundwork with kola in the morning, riding kola in the afternoon  strange working with a different horse and initially was wondering why our walk and trot on loose rope were good but halt from walk wasn't working well at liberty, ie wasnt working at all really. Then realised I was a twit, and wasn't WITH the horse so instead paid way more attention to stay with horse and like Oz, work with what he offers rather than force an issue and low and behold there was our nice halt, our feet moving together. Lovely horse. Hopped up bareback after about 10 mins happy out Then riding - kola can do moves with more softness with Oz, Oz gets stuck way more and kola can do a whole series of manoeuvres with softness without getting stuck. Also can daydream on kola, something I can't do on Oz. I walked the line did some gorgeous soft light 180 fq yields once I remembered to turn my shoulders and got a good handful of ridden exercises from today to do with Oz when im home, including working towards circles with no reins. Lovely day. Strange though not seeing hettie ride Oscar or maura on Samsun, so not quite the same  doc is good but taking life easy. |
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Post by Elaine on Apr 23, 2011 9:18:58 GMT
Day 2. 1 rein riding working on sidepassing with the horses head turned where you want him to go. Did some fancy rope twirling on horseback while switching hands.
Riding two reins- worked a little and got some AMAZING turns just by moving my shoulders. And better than that when i tried at the start the turns were a bit stuck! I will be able to try same on the Oz. just incredible lightness. Also kola has gorgeous soft feel in bridle but hasn't done much of this in the halter. Have this to crack with Oz too. So got steves help and after 15 mins of walk and rests got some lovely soft feel in walk in halter. Did some fab very fast 180 fq turns, a few action pics floating around somewhere. Great day, more stuff to do with Oz when I'm home.
Kolas a legend. Wanted the inside of his ear scratched at the end.
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Post by Elaine on Apr 23, 2011 9:32:51 GMT
Also liberty - holy moly!!!! Kola walked, trotted, stopped, turned, and jumped and obstacles with me all around the arena and the other horse moving around. A bit humbling to have this gorgeous horse sticking right beside you no matter what.
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Post by hopalong on Apr 23, 2011 20:27:30 GMT
That sounds wonderful but i would like to remind you that Ireland too has some wonderful PRODUCERS of horses And it would be nice to see some of this magic that we read about, paper never refused ink you know ,and in this age of electronic lets see a little magic , there is a saying HERE in Ireland " never mind what people say watch what they do " so far we here much but have seen very little so come on put your magic to view for us poor silly Irish people.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Os_18QFV0 |
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Post by Elaine on Apr 26, 2011 10:36:34 GMT
Day 3. Soft feel much better in the halter today. Did some roping from kola, pretty funny but got the barrel twice  the did the best cow cutting game, heaps of fun, kola was fab. |
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Post by Elaine on Apr 26, 2011 10:44:23 GMT
Day 4 and new horse Kai. A bit of a character reminded me of Oz. Did liberty, hooned around a bit, very soft when I get my cues in time it's like channelling a flow of energy, everything just works together. A few pennies dropped today for me. |
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Post by Elaine on Apr 27, 2011 9:06:29 GMT
Day 5 - I spent early morning doing groundwork and liberty remembering to remind myself to stay with my horse and got on well. Will have to remind myself to-remember this at home as well. For riding, more influencing each foot in walk and trot, work to get balanced circles throughout, backup in circles then rollback, kai absolutely gorgeous. In the afternoon played polocrosse then went for fab hack for a few hours in the bush, saw massive horrible spiders and a few Roos. A million miles from Dublin day off tomorrow, off to Jacobs creek then some technological horse stuff tomorrow avo. |
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Post by sineadkelleher on Apr 27, 2011 14:42:08 GMT
Sounds amazing Elaine - so jealous! Enjoy rest of trip xx
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Post by Elaine on Apr 29, 2011 10:33:58 GMT
Day 6 - riding with sticks and playing polocrosse with no reins Fun! |
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Post by Elaine on May 1, 2011 3:18:00 GMT
Rode kola without a halter. Circles, figures of eight, backup, a few yields. A BIG DAY!!!! Rode this avo with no reins. Just touching neck to turn. Obstacles courses, weaving through stuff, backup, fq yields, sidepass, onto plank, polocross with hands to catch the ball circles. Then just used my seat no touching the neck as much as possible. STOKED!!!!! Finished off with 10 secs of libertywith the two palominos, one either side!!!!!!! |
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Post by lodgeropes on May 3, 2011 14:55:16 GMT
G'day all, It really is a small world.... Over the weekend, Riggzy & I drove 9 hours with 2 horses to a Medieval Fair in South Australia as a part of the Kings Horses Medieval Equestrian Society to perform skill at arms & jousting displays. Riggzy is the star of the show and i am more like Baldrick to his BlackAdder (just much bigger & hairier than Baldrick:0). As we were only a couple of hours from Silversands, Riggzy arranged for a few hours with Steve hoping to get a new view on some areas of horsemanship. We arrived sunday afternoon after 4 shows and little sleep since Thursday and were introduced to the students that had just finished a 10 day clinic with Steve, among them was Elaine from Ireland. After some time the penny dropped, it was "THE" Elaine from Ireland. Elaine, If you are home now and over the jet lag, I want to say how pleased I was to meet you after knowing you thru email & forums. Also thank you for the interview for the radio program, it will go to air 8pm (eastern standard time) Thursday 5th May and is streamed live on www.goldfieldsfm.org.au. Not sure how that translates to your local time but there are time convertors online. I am sure OZ will enjoy the benefits of the trip. Regards Rob LodgeRopes |
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Post by Elaine on May 4, 2011 2:30:20 GMT
Hi rob, great to met you both as well, scary how small the world is! I'm in Adelaide, flying out tomorrow. The jewellery is at www.hamishandozzie.com see what you think and drop me an email if you fancy any |
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Post by Elaine on May 6, 2011 10:46:45 GMT
Got some exciting news too hopefully later today for those of you interested in steves approach and who are techie!!!! Hold your horses now......!! |
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Post by Elaine on May 7, 2011 3:11:34 GMT
It's 4am in Ireland and 1pm in Adelaide so it looks like I've woken up!! big news of the day - steve has an app!!! For those of you with iPhones search for silversand in iTunes and download it for free!! Feel free to leave reviews wooohoooo. Ben and I made the ss newsletter too!! I miss kola. Was back in work fri afternoon after flying in fri am, and everyone said I looked strangely relaxed...... |
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