I've gotten several rides in since our jump school, but no chance to lunge her over a jump yet. We cantered a few times with improvement on the left lead. I found that she is much better about cantering after doing some lateral work.
This week she is a bit stocked up with all the mud we have here, so I chose to lunge instead of ride on Tuesday. She cantered beautifully on the lunge to the LEFT and on the LEFT lead only. After lunging I did a few stretches to the right and found that she has adequate range of motion to get the right lead. She will also do a flying lead change when cantering left onto the right lead if she is off balance. However, she is very reluctant to pick up the right lead. I have a little more luck under saddle.
I know most horses have one lead that is difficult, especially green horses, but when do you worry about missing the lead or start correcting for the wrong lead?
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I purchased a young mare named Drifter in May of 2008. She is a cremello Quarter Horse mare. She was started under saddle in the fall of 2008 and delivered a healthy filly April 11, 2009. Since she came to me with no formal training I am blogging to explore the process of horsemanship, non-traditional training methods and holistic training with this beautiful mare.
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