Bloody rain!

I am sure no one will believe me after being so forgetful for my last couple of lessons but I did remember my camera last week. However, as it never stopped raining all week round here we decided that the photos would be too miserable so didn't bother to take any. The one good thing about all the rain though is that Sam hates it (he is a bit soft that way) and so automatically tucks his head right in in an attempt to escape it! Makes his outline 100% better.

Looking outside of my window at work now though it seems the sun has finally come back so I will a) take my camera to my lesson this week and b) get my instructor to take some photos to see if we have improved any. I am on a bit of a roll this week when it comes to arranging lessons - I found another instructor from an article in Your Horse who specialises in training riders in how to ride at speed safely (very good idea if you ask me - I attach a link to his site below which explains it all better). As he is also an ex-jockey he is going to show me what the correct aids for "good greif this is way too fast Samuel, slow down!" are. Unfortunately I only learnt that the racing aid for go faster is to pull the reins when Sam took off with me on a hack. But you live and learn.

http://www.msjump.co.uk/