Pluto Pompea the Fifty-Fifth

Pomp is from Peiber, a stroke of fantastic fortune brought him to live with me in New York state.

November 17th at Finger Lakes Equestrian Center in Canandaigua, NY

Working on  trot  canter  transitions  at the  end  of the  ride. More  videos  to  come .   Very sleepy  now so night all!  Opinions please?

Sitting Trot-  I haven't  watched this  video yet... So  I'm  not  sure  how  scary this  was,  but  it  was near the  end of a  very frustrating  ride.

While  I  know that  I  am  far  from  riding into the  ring at  the  Olympics,  I  also  acknowledge  what I  have  accomplished both in and  out of the  saddle.    When  I  venture out of the   stables  for  Saddle Up for Roswell  at the  Chestnut  Ridge in the  fall ,  I don't   carry  aspirations of  blue  ribbons.  Instead,  I  hope  to  add new  feedback  to  my  stash of  old  dressage tests  and  hear  valuable opinions.  Above all,  I want  to  create  a  stepping  stone  that  I  can look back on,  be it  in six  months  or  six years,  and  say  I  was  there once,  and  see  exactly how  far  I  have come.  Switching from  lessons  on  athletic quarter horses to  lessons and  training  sessions  on  a  schoolmaster  like  Pomp  has   definitely  been a  learning  experience and  hopefully  I  will  carry  what  I  learn in the  coming  years  with me   for the  rest of  my  life.

Opinions anyone? Send  comments to  my inbox.  I  don't  mind  anonymous,  but I'd  prefer  to  see  who  comments.

What do you think?

Working on  uploading the  next  set  of  videos  now.  I've  spent the  past  couple  of  days  really  working on  my  sitting   trot.   I'm  pretty  good at   walk  canter  transitions  but  on  Pomp,   his  HUGE  trot   jounces  me   out of the  saddle   whenever  I  attempt  Trot-canter  transitions.  I  know  I need to  fix this  or I'll  never  be  able to even  show  Training  Level.   My  timing must  be  off and  I  definitely  have  a  significant  deficit in  core  strength.  Hopefully  an increase in saddle time and  sitting  trot  will  help  fix this.  However,  my  trainer  points  out that   I  need  to  ensure that  Pomp  stays on the  bit  during  all transitions.  I  feel  like  my  problems  with this  are  centered  around  a lack of  relaxation and  an   abundance anticipation. Any ideas on  exercises to  relax  both my  horse and  myself, as  well as to increase the  quality  of  movement within the  gaits?

I  want to thank   everyone  who  weighed in on my  last  video!  I  also   want to apologize for the delay in posts.  Pomp's  barn is  about  an hour and  a half  from  my  house.  The  three  hour  drive  definitely cuts  down  on  computer time!  More  horse-related posts to follow...

Input please!  This  is  part one  of  a  video  from  a  few  weeks ago  when  I  was  really  struggling with  MY  position,  and  therefore  was  having  alot  of  trouble  giving  Pomp the  support  he  needs to  do his job well. Any Opinions?

Bring on  all  of your  comments  etc.  and  I'll  post  photos and  videos  when  I  can and   I beg of  you,   please  share  any  opinions  you have  regarding my  position etc.