Jumping Herbie & Callie! | Helmet Cam

Another lovely lesson out in the paddock! I started off on Herbie, warmed up in the school, and then popped a few fences out in the field - he felt super and we had the best rhythm we've had so far while jumping, it felt like something clicked a bit between us and I finally worked out what I needed to do to ride him more effectively 😊 Halfway through the lesson I swapped onto Callie as he was being a bit naughty, and after a sticky start, he also went really nicely and overall it was probably the nicest I've personally felt him out in the paddock! I swapped back onto Herbie at the end just so that Callie's original rider could take him over a jump a couple more times.

Just a note on the growling/vocalisations when riding Callie as I know people have a lot of feelings about it - you guys know I think the whip can be a perfectly valid training tool when used correctly and I do use mine when I believe it’s necessary, but in a lot of cases I would much rather try my voice first than immediately resort to using the stick (I also know from experience that being vocal works particularly well on Callie compared to other ponies, and because of this I didn’t have to use the stick at all on Callie in this lesson). I got on Callie in the first instance because he was being naughty and refusing the jumps with his rider, and so it was my 'job' to make him go over everything, hence why I was being quite strong with him. By the end of the lesson he settled down and actually started enjoying himself over the last few fences (and got lots of praise when he did a good job)!

Also please ignore Herbie's scabby face 🙈 - he caught it on something in the barn where he has recently moved from a stable and got a bit of a scrape, and so has cream all over it - it looks worse than it is fortunately 😊

Question of the day: Who would you rather ride, Herbie or Callie? And why?

Ponies/horses:
Herbie - 16.1hh bay gelding
Callie - approx 14.3hh dark bay gelding

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