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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Delivered As Promised

Woohoo!! XC pics are in!


GIANT
They are from the lesson and not from the world's faster BN course, but they actually make us look reasonably competent.

This one is a little deceptive--we are actually jumping a much smaller cabin to the left of the one you can see. Looks like Cuna would clear either one with aplomb though, doesn't it?


 This was the giant log with a flowerbox in the top that I thought looked huge. Incidentally, it was the first novice jump of the day.

As you can see, Cuna is pretty much just cantering over it without being too impressed.

The tack 'hos of the world are probably sharing a collective gasp that one of their own is running xc in nothing but bell boots. Trust me, I was equally apalled. In the shuffle of packing while Cuna was lame, I completely forgot the fancy XC boots (because lame horses don't jump) and I didn't want to risk the neoprene on a recent rub. Thankfully, Cuna is the world's most careful horse and he was fine without the boots. We did manage to borrow a pair for Sunday.

Going for a gallop to the sunken road. This was the first jump where I realized that Things were going to be alright. We had to canter through the sunken road and then jump an A frame (that looked massive) coming out. I was so concerned and Cuna just took me to the fence and answered the question without evening waiting for my input. 
 Out of the sunken road, over the A Frame. This is also when I began to grasp that I might not have enough bit in. It took nearly a whole lap of the field to get him to soften enough to come back to me. Hmm.

This was novice question #3 of the day. I had no idea.
 By now, I had a pretty good grasp that all I had to do was point and shoot. I'd never jumped this before and it looks a little funny, but it's also BN sized and kind of non threatening, so we just cantered right over.
I'll leave you with this: the bank out of water. I've always wanted a good water/spray picture, and now I definitely have it. I had forgotten how cool it was to trot and canter through the water--pretty trippy, really. It's like slow motion, only you're going full speed.

:D Can't wait til next time.

15 comments:

  1. Pictures look awesome! Glad your having so much fun riding again :-)

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  2. Your pics are great! And, BN does not look to be a problem for you both! Congrats!

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  3. I saw that first photo and was really impressed. LOL. I'm impressed anyway.

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  4. Woohoo! So much progress for you, I'm so excited! See, he did just fine in bell boots. That horse is not going to hit a Novice fence. :-D I'm psyched there are pics; I love Cuna and I think he looks like a fantastic ride!

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  5. Great pics! You guys look awesome. I am impressed!

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  6. So cool! You both look fantastic! Congrats on having some fun again :)

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  7. You look amazing, Cuna looks amazing!!! So happy for you both!

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  8. Awesome pics!! you guys look like you've been doing it your whole life.

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  9. I think this is so awesome I thought it deserved more than just a comment, it deserved it's own post. Go read what I wrote about you and the old dude!

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  10. Fabulous!! The jumps are impressive, but so is your form! And Cuna breezing over as normal. =]

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  11. Saw these on Facebook! You guys look great and some of those are pretty good sized jumps! Nothing like a good horse to help make a good rider even better!

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  12. I love them all, but especially the second one from the bottom :)

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  13. These pictures are amazing! :) I think some (most) of those jumps look pretty impressive in size! Love that last picture

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  14. Fantastic photos! You guys look so great!

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