Freitag, 29. April 2011

Happy Birthday, Crispin!

...and it's time for pictures again:

4y/o

 3 y/o
 4 y/o
 3 y/o

What a difference that last year made!

Mittwoch, 13. April 2011

...a few more "first times".

I've been busy with other things going on and being more important lately. But that doesn't mean that there are no news to report from Crispin.

Two weeks ago we had our first lesson with Alfred. Just 30 minutes and we didn't really do much. But Alfred had some helpful tips (like I knew he would) as to how to improve steering and brakes and how to introduce contact. 

And on sunday we cantered for the first time. I was out on the track by myself and Crispin was being such a good boy that I decided to just give it a try. What fun!

I still don't have a saddle (of course). I have tried a few more during the last few weeks (mostly used ones) and there are two more, new ones, I'm going to try once they're here. The Achat will finally be here by the end of the week and I have ordered a Massimo Dressur II with french panels, which should be here in a couple of days too. I really, really hope one of the two will fit.