#2.9.2015

Today, our ride went much better. Before schooling the pirouettes we focused only on getting a good reactions for both a forward canter and an ultra collected canter without having to use too much rein aid. Once we were getting good reactions, we rode long diagonals in each direction and made sure I could get two clear canter half halts and ride forward but collected out of them. Then we moved on to the actual half turns, which went extremely well on the first try. The thing with Schaneur is that when the pirouettes are good they are really good and when they are bad they are really bad, and there is rarely any middle ground. Luckily, the number of really bad ones are decreasing and the number of fairly good/really good are increasing. We finished the ride with some trot-walk-trot transitions focusing on keeping both transitions quick and the walk clear. The transitions can sometimes get too slow and have passage-y steps in them, which takes away from the clarity of the transitions. Right now we are focusing on Schaneur's reactivity more so than movements, so some of these exercises seem basic but in order to maximize all of the points in the tests everything has to been as perfect as possible. 

At ayun nga nauna pa sila sa akin, pagdating ko nandito na sila at kung ano ano ang ginagawa hahahaha. puro asaran na naman kami, tipong magkakasama kami pero dinadaan pa sa comment sa FB yung asaran hahahaha. Aba matinde!