Wednesday, April 10, 2013

My Wonderful Hunter Mare!



Here are a video and photo of my lovely mare.  I was feeling discouraged about her toward the end of the summer because she was racing and rushing the jumps. But Jill helped me learn how to negotiate and feel her and be just the right balance of strong and soft.  And now Violet truly listens about pace to the jumps and straightness and trueness.  It's been a wonderful experience.  But now I have to be a bit more bold because my Violet is fearless -- she's happy to jump filler and boxes and stone and brick walls.  And I know she wants me to jump those things with her!