Knight continues to improve. He's turning around easier. Driving from behind better.
Guiding better. He's really starting to do stops and turns. He's in rotation with all the
other horses here at Cappel Systems. We're looking forward to the competition.
Day 64, Aug. 14th
I ride Knight early each morning. I work on keeping him soft and responsive. I ride alot of straight lines. I usually walk until he feels comfortable. I usually have him move his hind quarters left and right at a walk. Then I will ask him to skip the trot and go right into a lope.
I lope straight lines across the pen, diagonally, and down the center. Sometimes I will side pass at the lope towards the center of the arena, then back out to the opposite corner and do that on each side of my arena. I change often to keep him from anticipating. Mostly working on him traveling forward freely. He usually starts out resisting not wanting to go forward and finishes up free and willing.
I lope straight lines across the pen, diagonally, and down the center. Sometimes I will side pass at the lope towards the center of the arena, then back out to the opposite corner and do that on each side of my arena. I change often to keep him from anticipating. Mostly working on him traveling forward freely. He usually starts out resisting not wanting to go forward and finishes up free and willing.
Day 60, Aug. 10th
Sunday afternoon we're headed or Springfield, IL. We're going to Calvary Temple Christina Center where people will be gathering for a western day at their church. Their having a chuck wagon cookout, a world champion gun spinner, bird dog pointing and retrieving exposition,
a cowboy prize for best western cowboy and cowgirl outfit and we will do a demonstration with
Knight before we listen to the band of the "Sons of the San Joaquin." When we arrived they had a tent set up on their church parking lot where people were to gather to eat. I have rode Knight up near the people and as usual people gathered around him and wanted to touch him. He's getting to where he really eats this up. He loves all the attention. The only seemed to have trouble him was a gentlemen came in and had his son up on his shoulders. Knight did not like that. But after alittle while he calmed backed down again and I rode him over to the baseball field where we were to do our performance. I was the first to go. Knight was ready. He felt pretty good, but there's still more resistance in the forward movement than I would like for him to have. He allowed me to do everything I asked him to do. But he hasn't quite yet given all of him ability over to me. I was pleased that he let me lope him around and he gave me a nice flying lead change and we finished the demo with a nice sliding stop.
a cowboy prize for best western cowboy and cowgirl outfit and we will do a demonstration with
Knight before we listen to the band of the "Sons of the San Joaquin." When we arrived they had a tent set up on their church parking lot where people were to gather to eat. I have rode Knight up near the people and as usual people gathered around him and wanted to touch him. He's getting to where he really eats this up. He loves all the attention. The only seemed to have trouble him was a gentlemen came in and had his son up on his shoulders. Knight did not like that. But after alittle while he calmed backed down again and I rode him over to the baseball field where we were to do our performance. I was the first to go. Knight was ready. He felt pretty good, but there's still more resistance in the forward movement than I would like for him to have. He allowed me to do everything I asked him to do. But he hasn't quite yet given all of him ability over to me. I was pleased that he let me lope him around and he gave me a nice flying lead change and we finished the demo with a nice sliding stop.
Day 52, Aug. 4th
Early Monday morning trying to beat the heat. I discovered at the pre work Saturday that Knight needed some attention on learning how to trot while I am leading him. So that was the first thing we worked on this morning. After awhile he is catching on and doing pretty well.
So I rode up to the outdoor pen and continued on our routine of loping straight lines, stopping, turning, leg yielding, backing. He is getting lighter and more responsive and starting to put more enthusiasm into his work. At just over the half way point on our journey, things are looking pretty good.
So I rode up to the outdoor pen and continued on our routine of loping straight lines, stopping, turning, leg yielding, backing. He is getting lighter and more responsive and starting to put more enthusiasm into his work. At just over the half way point on our journey, things are looking pretty good.
Day 50, Aug. 2nd
Early Saturday Morning on our way to the Pre Work in Columbia, MO.
Looks like its going to be a warm day. The day would prove to be good for everyone. We accomplished what we set out to do and that was to provide an environment similar to the show to prepare our horses in. We all spent some time in the arena letting our horses settle in, then we had a small meeting and started to work. It was a needed time for Knight and I am pleased with how the day finished. Thank You !! to all the spectators and participants who attended and
made this event worth while.
Looks like its going to be a warm day. The day would prove to be good for everyone. We accomplished what we set out to do and that was to provide an environment similar to the show to prepare our horses in. We all spent some time in the arena letting our horses settle in, then we had a small meeting and started to work. It was a needed time for Knight and I am pleased with how the day finished. Thank You !! to all the spectators and participants who attended and
made this event worth while.
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