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Posted 10/5/2008 1:37:50 PM


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Hey guys. I had a lesson on Buster yesterday. We just did mostly some flat work, and then we did some jumping at the end. But Jennie fails at taking jumping pictures, so I only have flat pictures, becuase you can barely see me in any of the jumping ones. xD

I'm saving myself the embarrassment by only putting up the best like, 5 pictures, xD.

So go ahead, kill me. >.<








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Posted 10/5/2008 1:40:39 PM


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you 2 look great

 

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Posted 10/5/2008 1:44:34 PM


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Thanks.


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Posted 10/5/2008 2:15:08 PM


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Ok well your feet are too far into the stirrups. It should be at the ball of the foot. Also you need to roll your shoulders a little. I will edit later.

 

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Posted 10/5/2008 2:18:04 PM


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Ok well your feet are too far into the stirrups. It should be at the ball of the foot. Also you need to roll your shoulders a little. I will edit later.


Thanks. I know I keep my shoulder too far forward, I'm working on that. >.<
But for the stirrups, the stirrup was on the ball of my foot in all of the pictures except for the first one, so I don't know if you were just talking about that picture or not?


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Posted 10/5/2008 5:32:28 PM


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it looks like you could bring your leg back a little more, but just slightly... maybe shorten one hole? thats just me tho...

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Posted 10/6/2008 11:30:02 AM


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you look pretty good for the most part. you really need to get your hands out in front of you and out of your lap and make sure your thumbs are on top. your saddle also looks a little bit too small for you and you look like you are sitting funny. i'm not sure if that's because of the jacket your wearing or whatever but i would suggest a new saddle. your leg is in a pretty good position although at times it looks like you are bracing yourself and throwing your legs out in front of you. try to keep you leg positioned right behind the girth, not on it or in front of it. your stirrups are too far on your feet which is causing your heel to come up. try to put your stirrups toward your toe more and sink down into your heel.

hope i helped :] ohh and cuteeee horse

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Posted 10/6/2008 11:56:52 AM


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::SouthMoonUnder:: (10/6/2008)
you look pretty good for the most part. you really need to get your hands out in front of you and out of your lap and make sure your thumbs are on top. your saddle also looks a little bit too small for you and you look like you are sitting funny. i'm not sure if that's because of the jacket your wearing or whatever but i would suggest a new saddle. your leg is in a pretty good position although at times it looks like you are bracing yourself and throwing your legs out in front of you. try to keep you leg positioned right behind the girth, not on it or in front of it. your stirrups are too far on your feet which is causing your heel to come up. try to put your stirrups toward your toe more and sink down into your heel.

hope i helped :] ohh and cuteeee horse

Thanks. Yeah, when I canter, I tend to put my hands in my lap, and my legs go out in front of me a bit.
The saddle isn't mine. Buster is a school, so all his tack is school tack. So I can't help it if the saddle is too small for me. Most of the school saddles are too small for me anyways. My bottom end is somewhat plus sized. xDDDD


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