Usual warmup on the flat. Must remember to let him out as well as shortening him up. Get off his back but keep him round.
Remember when enter the ring give him a gallop in a forward seat before collecting up the power and sitting in the saddle.
x-pole to oxer. I had to press him closer to the oxer in order to try and get him to either knock it or snap up quicker. He was good and kept clearing it until it got rather huge and also Chris had put the front rail a hole higher than the back and I pushed him right into the base of it so he clonked it good and proper. Felt weird leaving it on that but Chris said "super" so all was good! He didn't touch anything else all lesson so it definitely works. Must make sure to keep heels down, fold slightly and release, don't counter rotate with the hands.
Moved onto an upright, round to a water tray and then down a treble. Chris offered to put the final part down but I didn't think it was necessary as should be on the right spot for take off by final part of treble (hopefully!) Monts proved me right and flew round no probs.
Next was a longer course with upright, tight left corner, oxer to upright on 4 forwards strides, then tight turn off corner to water tray followed by curving line 5 strides to oxer and then a one stride double straight into the corner. It was a bit hairy from water tray to oxer and we rather cut the curve off to make it on 5 - Chris said his own had been doing the same though so not to worry. He'd asked me to halt after the one stride double so he didn't keep falling in round the corners so I sat back and asked him to woah but he felt like he thought I might be half halting before the rather inviting looking arena fence that had one hell of a drop on the other side of it so I thought twice about that and let him go round the corner. I have a feeling he might have tried to jump it!
Final course. Upright, tight left, oxer to upright on 4, water tray, curving line to oxer, up over the treble starting with meaty oxer off tight right hand turn, left handed to one stride double tight out of the corner. Chris said to just sit up and woah a bit in the 4 strides and he clearly woahed too much as found ourselves chipping in a 5th and somehow clearing it, got in a bit deep to water tray so had to kick on to make oxer on 5 - potentially could have curved the line more and made 6 in hindsight but Chris didn't crtiticise. We were a bit flappy after that though so he had to remind me to sit up, heels down and re-organise round the corner before up over the treble which he flew and then down over the double easy peasy. Re-rode the oxer to upright on 4 no problems to finish. Chatted to Chris about how he's clearly still needing me to be saying go to have the confidence to go on the forwards stride and just have to remember that or he will chip in. He jumped brilliantly though - full of confidence at the moment.
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