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[OneRowdyNight]

@ rowdy. I had a nose at your YouTube clips I noticed something. You need to establish your canter earlier. If he is having trouble pacing for him to be thinking trot and then when you turn to jump to ask for canter he than has to change his plans. For a horse used to jumping this is fine but rowdy isn't. One other niggle your reins could be shorter this would help him keep his energy all in one big ball. Position is looking good but remember no deliberately stopping in front of jumps!

Thanks! On the last clip, I couldn't keep cantering because the girl who was in a lesson went right across my path. My fault, but I try to preserve his energy a bit by trotting more than cantering. We ride for around 2 hours usually, so we're working on his endurance. (:

[wibeke]

Sorry! More horse spam!

My new favorite video ever.

It will probably make you laugh.

Haha, that's adorable. xD
Colorado does that to me all the time. They usually have him turned out with Major, a horse I ride, and every time I go out to get him Colorado trails behind and looks absolutely heart broken. It always makes me feel awful.

[classi]

*Is dancing around*

I got to ride in my instructor's daughter's saddle that is for sale. It is completely epic... It's so cushy and perfect. And I'm getting it. 0.0 I'm pretty sure my parents are buying it for me for my birthday, but even if not I have enough money to buy it myself!
My lesson was OK. I keep on getting frustrated with my flatwork. I failed going from the canter to the trot. I can go from every single transition EXCEPT sometimes from the canter to the trot. Sometimes I can - although it is usually when jumping. Actually, one direction I can, but the other I can't. It's very strange.
I keep on tensing up. I'm trying to stay relaxed, but I CAN'T. Sometimes I can, but when one thing goes wrong I get stressed and rigid and it makes Winnie go faster.
Although, my messups in the flatwork weren't all my fault. The horses were all in moods today. One was bolting, and he almost never bolts, and Winnie was ignoring me. I would gently half halt her, relaxed and perfect, and then she lowered her head, locked her jaw, and sped up. I was cantering on the flat, and I circled the arena 4 times before I could slow her down.
It's really getting to me. I'm worried about shows, since at the last one my flat class was ruined because I cantered at the sitting trot. I don't want that to happen again - I would be mortified. My jumping is wonderful... no more rushing and stuff. I just stink with the flat now.
I've relaxed. Even then, sometimes it doesn't work. Winnie was in a sour mood, though, her ears were back the whole day and she nearly bit me when I was tacking her up.

[classi]

Oh, and, I found out something... strange.
Ya'know Brinkley? The wonderhorse? I was watching him being lunged in the round pen today... and he was a brat. He was bucking and biting and being very mean. He was ignoring the person completely. My instructor says that she doesn't like him because he wants to be the dominant one. He's not respectful at all. They've sent him to "horse boot camp" for 60 days and he came back unchanged.
In the arena he was bucking and not acting well.
0.0
He's gorgeous, but a brat. But he's still so pretty. Oh well, he'll never be for sale or lease anyways. XD

[tanner]

Thanks! On the last clip, I couldn't keep cantering because the girl who was in a lesson went right across my path. My fault, but I try to preserve his energy a bit by trotting more than cantering. We ride for around 2 hours usually, so we're working on his endurance. (:

A trot uses more energy and gives a better workout than a good, even paced canter, unless it's a jog.

[Toppyrocks]

Thanks! On the last clip, I couldn't keep cantering because the girl who was in a lesson went right across my path. My fault, but I try to preserve his energy a bit by trotting more than cantering. We ride for around 2 hours usually, so we're working on his endurance. (:

A trot uses more energy and gives a better workout than a good, even paced canter, unless it's a jog.

Lol, that's true. Jesse would prefer to canter then to give me a nice working trot, because he is that lazy.

[tanner]

I keep Cotton at a trot when I lunge in the roundpen, because it builds his muscles better than a long canter, although collecting for a few strides then extending for a little more, then repeating for a while gives a really nice workout at the canter.

[scene_kid]

Yes that's true but some horses find jumping from canter easier which is what rowdy is doing in the videos

[psychodrama]

Ruby,on a hack went into a driving trot.She used to be a Carrige horse.So epic.

[scene_kid]

Did you ask her to collect?