Awareness of the outside world. Earth Day today. Earthday.org: 5 Things You Didn’t Know, You Didn’t Know, by Attiyah Abdul-Amin, August 12, 2024. Scroll down to Wild Horses Couldn’t Drag Me Away. Article links to UN: PRZEWALSKI’S HORSES RETURN TO CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN AFTER NEARLY 200-YEAR ABSENCE. Read on after press release ends. Article refers to the horses as Kertagy. I have also heard Takhi. “In Mongolia they’re called takhi, and in Kazakhstan they’re called the kertagy or the kerkulan.” Horse Nation: Summer School: The Last Wild Horses, Ronan, July 18, 2024.
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Goldy
Rosewood Farm
11 April 2026
Work In Progress
Approaching the jump. I waver between too going slow or getting it right but overriding. I don’t actually have to override, but my brain/body thinks I do. Same with my hands. I give too much because I don’t want to pull. I need to find the midpoint, sweet spot, balance, happy medium, etc. Per Coach Deana, hold is not pull.
When said that way, it seems obvious. I’m learning. In the moment, it can feel like flailing.
OTOH, using the turning I learned in my driving lesson helped my turns under saddle. Imagine that.
Milestone
Jumped bigger oxer! Didn’t ride at it with authority but sat up & supported while Goldy did his thing. Points as co-pilot.
Legion of Lessons
Four in a row.
Wednesday 8 April – H/J
Thursday 9 April – ASB
Friday 10 April – ASB Driving
Saturday 11 April – H/J
It worked out that way due to the schedules involved. Not the plan. Not sustainable. I’m not sure what the plan is. No idea what this year will look like. Rodney is pretty much permanently retired. I need to get on top of the new horse project. I would very much like to be able to ride without having to have a lesson about it.
Some of plan needs to include riding regularly. My position felt noticeably weaker on day 4. Some of the plan needs to include increased cardio. Ran out of puff partly through a short course. Not hugely, but I could feel my physical concentration ebbing.
Onwards!
Katherine
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