It is an amazing and challenging adventure moving from the Hunter/Jumper world (which I spend many! years riding) to serious, no-kidding dressage training. My big 16/2hh warmblood is an amazing and patient Schoolmaster-teacher and my young Sport pony (I'm almost too big for her!) is turning into an athletic powerhouse! (In her first show she beat the big dressage horses coming in first in 2 of her three tests -- second only to her sister in the third test.) She is flamboyant!
Five plus years of this training has redesigned sitting a saddle and has changed the conversation with horses on so many levels. What fun! Oh, and my pony bows when requested and thinks it's really cool to bow!
Off to the barn to practice. Then go see my other 2 retired boys.
Have a great day!
