Jessica Wisdom Clinic the start of soemthing good...

Jessica has enough students interested to come to Western Washington (and the Vancouver area) to teach lessons on a regular monthly basis. Several of those students are at Wintergreen. I have heard great things about Jessica and her mighty Welsh cob pony so I decided to take a lesson with her. All those great things were made evident in our lesson too. Warren and I have homework, lots of it! I need to ask for more straightness, as he tends to fall to the inside, yet he also has a tendency to throw his shoulder out if I ask too much with my inside rein. So think straightness, and think balance. Also, position is bad, I am glad Jessica nailed me on it. By sitting taller and riding with a longer leg and a lighter seat, I will improve his way of going . That should be motivation right there to correct myself! He also tends to run through his shoulder ins and leg yields so she gave me a nose to the wall exercise to work on keeping his straight while moving over. I would also like to develop better half halts and a more responsive horse by asking with my seat and insisting on a response if one is not given right away. No more casual riding! We are going to get more technical and more correct.