Well, what a great first days riding! First up we went on a slow ride to meet and get to know our horses, Dusty was my chap...very friendly and beautiful but a bit of a brat! Slow ride allowed us to take in nice scenery, but was a bit boring!
We then had a lesson, where we learnt how to lope. I was not too bad at the loping style-wise, but Dusty needed a bit of a kick and a smack to get him and keep jimmy going!
After lunch and a snooze, it was time for a talk on natural horsemanship, the new way to break horses in. It was interesting and highlighted other ways to touch a horse and get a connection.
After some uming and ahhing about what to do, Amanda did the fast ride whilst I did the team penning...I'll do another email about team penning in due course! It was great fun, even if my team wasn't the greatest!
All curtailed though by the rain per the previous post!
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