This message is from: Linda Lottie User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yes, Trish.whoohooo. Will be so fun to see you and catch up. Remember
when we took that nice drive with Sven and the SCONES??? Long time ago -
and a life ago for me:)
LJBL
On 4/13/06 9:24 AM, "Chris McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This message is from: "Chris McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I really enjoy reading your posts, thanks for updating us. The trip to
> Portugal sounded like a dream of a week.
>
> I am taking riding lessons from a really good instructor, and I watch
> her give my barn owner dressage lessons (me: I get basic equitation;
> that is my current speed . . .) and it amazes me to see the progression.
> Such little changes result in huge differences in performance. She said
> something yesterday that seemed to be in line with your comment about
> teaching young horses one way, and then having to teach them another way
> for dressage. It was about just lifting your body into the canter
> position, and then having the young, fairly green horse just rise up
> naturally to canter. No leg cue, no nothing. Very interesting, and it
> worked beautifully on the horse that the barn owner was riding.
>
> We made some good progress in my lesson yesterday, I am becoming a more
> confident rider, although I don't think I will ever feel as comfortable
> as I do when I'm driving!
>
> Linda, sign me up for Expo, and I'm pretty sure I can help out on
> Thursday. I'm "between jobs" right now, have three weeks off, happy
> camper.
>
> Tish and Elph in Minneapolis
