When: 15th - 18th August 2009
Where: South West Equine Centre, Cross Forest Road, Naroghid (10 mins from Camperdown)
Time: 8.30am - 5.00pm
Where: South West Equine Centre, Cross Forest Road, Naroghid (10 mins from Camperdown)
Time: 8.30am - 5.00pm
Daily Programme:
Morning - Level 1 Advanced: Level 1 Overview
Morning - Level 1 Advanced: Level 1 Overview
Combine skills learnt in Level 1 - Build your Confidence in all gaits - Prepare for Level 2
Afternoon - Level 2 Secondary: Lessons 7 & 8 Impulsion & developing emotional fitness for your horse - Cherokee Bridle - Introducing the Bridle -Picking up the pace - Leads & Diagonals
The support for this Weekend was fantastic...we had students and auditors travelling from many parts of Victoria, including Kilmore, Avoca and Geelong and everybody's input created a great learning atmoshphere. We focused on the benefits of making a programme of our tasks, ensuring that we repeated everything we did in each lesson in the days following. The difference this made with our Passenger Lessons in the L1 Advanced lesson from the first day to the last really stood out, and I am looking forward to hear how everyone goes with completing their next 7 Passenger Lessons in a row on their own.
I was also very proud of my horse, Abbey who participated in both the morning & afternoon lessons, which meant that on one of the days, she did both a trot and a canter passenger lesson!! She took it all in her stride and even helped to point out to the other riders that thay needed to protect both their horses & their own personal space during these Passenger Lessons. The L2 Secondary students all had a great time with introducing the bridle and I can remember the auditors commenting on the huge difference it made with Vicki's horse, Max in the way he carried himself. Well done guys!
Student Ta-Da's!
Level 1 Advanced
- We can stop from a canter
- We can get indirect rein without pulling on the head
- Cantering 2 full circles
- Becoming a stronger leader (protecting personal space
- trot PL)
- Flight test jump becoming softer and less impulsive
– still have to work on hq yields, need to go to phase 4
- Got a couple of indirect reins without touching the rein!
- Circle at canter without “discussion”
- PLs becoming less rushed
- Flight test jump becoming softer and less impulsive
– still have to work on hq yields, need to go to phase 4
- Got a couple of indirect reins without touching the rein!
- Circle at canter without “discussion”
- PLs becoming less rushed
Level 2 Secondary
- Your horse may be lighter than you think!
- Survived canter PLs
- Direct rein is much better now my rein is shorter and remember to drop my shoulder when I open up
- Hq yield without picking up the rein
- Max can canter small circles . . . . indoors!!!
- Be particular . . . . not over critical
All I can say now is . . . . bring on November !!!
