Tuesday, May 18, 2010

A change of pace

I've been riding Lacy for one and a half weeks now, and it's really interesting having to change my ride to properly ride a different horse. Lacy is so much more responsive than Radar and the other horses I have been riding -- you really have to be exact with her to achieve the response you want. She's really responsive to seat aids, which has been really fun for me. I've been working on turning her precisely from my seat, and it's really easy for me to tell when I'm giving the correct aids or not by how she responds. With Radar you can kind of muddle through, be a tad too heavy and still somehow have it turn out like you want. With Lacy, you have to be exact and precise with your aids. She has a trot that is so easy to sit (I actually haven't posted on her yet!) and it's once again all about learning exactness and applying the correct aids. It's fun to ride a "new-to-me" horse again!