new training

In case you didin't know, we have a new trainer! her name is Deyonna and she is training me, carly, sydney, and nicole. i had my first lesson with her on saturday and she is really great. she rode sassy when she was younger so she knows how she acts and her quirks. We started the lesson with some bending. Sassy is young and not very supple so it helped to do lots of beding with her neck. i then learned from Deyonna how to get Sassy's head down! i have to do a thing called "bumping" on her mouth. at first Sassy did not understand what i was asking because like i said, she is young and was never really properly trained. it took ahwile and some head tossing but eventually she got the message. when i rode her today she was doing it really well! Deyonna also taught me how to ask Sassy for her correct leads and we did a very tiring exercise with it. but i will suffer the sore muscles for Sassy!! we are pretty much starting from ground zero with Sassy and training her properly. but we are still hoping to go to a show some time in april or may! :)




*****************************BAILEY