It's been a while!

Many many apologies to those who regularly read Enzo's blog! I have been so busy lately and I also managed to crack the screen on my phone and on my current phone the internet wont work so updating things isn't so easy!

So the little man has been doing amazing. Wednesday last week I had a dressage lesson with Anna Bostrand-Daly. (BD Equestrian) She loved him and he was a total star. We worked on flexions, making him more supple, riding squares instead of circles and just generally getting lots of changes of direction to get him more balanced too. Of course it was very hard work and he kept slamming the brakes on to catch his breath! Poor boy!

I also gave him a jump Monday and introduced him to his first double. He's loose jumped through grids so this shouldn't really of been a problem and it wasn't. We kept it small and if anything he was rushing through it slightly but that will come with work. I also added in some scary fillers/planks at the end, he needs to see some more things and it was VERY spooky. But with some persuasion we jumped through it every time even if it meant from a standstill :) and eventually he was flying so very pleased with him!

So last night I gave him a hair cut - he did have a trace clip that was growing out but now he has everything but his legs off. Tomorrow we are off schooling at Forest Edge. This is going to be his first ever course and will be a huge eye opener to him, I think he's going to be shocked!

All will be videoed and I'll definitely get that posted! Wish me luck!!

Back on track!!

All is back on track now! Wahey! Enzos had a couple of flat work sessions back in the school, we also tackled some trotting poles which he finds very difficult! However he is slowly getting the hang of it and now more often than not he is trotting through them properly without trying to cat leap over them all!

Yesterday I gave him a little jump for the first time in quite a while. He was cat leaping the cross poles, going so so high! It was a little OTT that's for sure! So I put a placing pole down again to give him something to think about rather than throwing himself at the fence, and it really helped. We gradually built it up to an upright and onto a small oxer before introducing the planks! He didn't even bat an eye! Firstly we had the plain white side and then we turned it round to the zig-zags. He was jumping it very relaxed, even tried to bronk after it one time think he was enjoying himself!

Very pleased with how he is progressing, looking to take him schooling in a couple of weeks, and we have a dressage lesson on Wednesday!

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Video to come soon!!

Time to re-cap!

I have been so unbelievably busy recently I honestly haven't had a chance until now to sit down and post on my blog! What with a new horse arriving last week, taking my total number of horses to ride a day to 7, plus fitting in clipping, teaching and trying out new horses, I just haven't stopped. Luckily I have been able to continue getting Enzo exercised.

So after seeing the physio we have been continuing to do straight lines, this time gradually moving into trot and canter, and he seems to think he is a racehorse now! Normally snaffle mouth I suddenly found myself putting in a slightly stronger bit due to him getting so very excited about cantering across the fields!

We have also loose jumped him again (advised by the physio) to check how loose he is becoming behind when jumping and there is a great improvement, however he's still not back to normal so we have her visiting  again on the 9th. I'm hoping he'll be totally sorted then and I can continue getting him ready for his first show :)

So I hope tomorrow I can update you on how he is, but once we are back to real flat work and jumping I will get more pics and videos as I'm sure you miss seeing them as much as I like to reflect on them!