Warmup:
Canter soft and forwards - remember to keep hands high and keep him soft. Ask and release. Reward as soon as softens. Canter to halt - get tough if needed, he must listen. Soften him in the halt before rewarding, walk on, prepare and back to canter. Move the canter on, bring it back. Small circles to get him sitting on his hocks.
Started with trotting a x-pole then 5 strides to an oxer which got bigger and bigger and bigger until it got to 1m30. Must remember to give the contact forwards, not bring it back first and then sit up and halt in a straight line.
Then we did a single fence and aim to halt within 3 strides in preparation for doing curved lines. Took a few goes to get that one.
Moved onto a course with some related distances and a turnback after an oxer - 3 strides straight, 90 degree turn back and then 3 strides to a x pole oxer. He did it fabulously the first time, 2nd time I got a bit deep to first oxer and let him jump a bit right so didn't quite make it right but we got over it. Don't think I'd have held for the extra stride if it had been bigger - it's the little ones that make me do that! He did the rest of it beautifully though. He was meeting them off tight turns spot on and flying. Finished with course at about 1m05 with final line a sharp turn up the centre line to a 1m05 oxer followed by a 1m20 vertical on 4 strides and he pinged. He is such a superstar!
BSJA tomorrow at Merrist - see if we can put it all into practice in competition.
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