Took Pico to Platinum today for a lesson with Jenny (on Pete). We started with a gymnastic -- 4 trot poles to the flower boxes, then the flower boxes became a cross rail, then added a bounce to a vertical, then added a second bounce to a big cross rail, then added a one stride to a big cross rail. Really fun and Pico pretty much took everything in stride. He wants to bulge into my left leg (surprise!), so I need to use a lot more left leg than I typically do.
After all that Rochelle put together the three jumps along the top fence line -- trot in over the sunflowers, then 5 canter strides to the natural and 6 after that to the blue and while oxer. Once that was better she added a vertical across the diagonal and then the gymnastic after that. The vertical was scary and I needed more leg the first time, but after that rode well. I still can't manage to canter across the top of the arena and turn downhill still cantering. I need more leg to make that happen.
The vertical was 2'6 to 2'9 and the three in a row were approaching that height, so we are getting close to beginner novice without causing Pico to stress. He's very brave and in enjoying himself in these lessons!
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