Flying Lead Change Success

December 2, 2020Posted inFancy, Flying Change
When we first started, after Erin got consistent flying changes from Fancy, it was rough for me. Why. When Fancy occasionally did half of the flying change, she popped me out of the saddle so far, my mind knew I was in danger of popping off into the ground. If Fancy had changed direction during my flight out of the saddle, I would have dove to the ground. That happened for a long time. The rider needs great balance during a flying change which is impossible when her rear end…

Best Flying Lead Change!

December 2, 2020Posted inFancy, Flying Change
Per Erin Patterson after the Monday Group lesson. Susan, the flying lead change Fancy did today was the best flying change I ever saw you and Fancy do. It was only one of many attempts, but it was the best. That is all.

Crazy Susan

November 20, 2020Posted inFancy, Flying Change
Flying lead changes are my dream. I might have mentioned my intensive crazy dream a couple of times over the past 50 million posts. Fancy had a session with Erin where Erin explained the final solution to getting flying changes for me. It's much too complicated to explain. I have to do the moves at a walk first to get my body to obey. Erin Patterson is an exceptional teacher. She teaches the horse and figures out the even more difficult human! She also figures out the pattern which will…

Leg Yield Fox Trot

November 17, 2020Posted inFancy, Flying Change, Missouri Fox Trotter
Fancy has reached Super Star status. After an amazing horsemanship and cow clinic where both Tony and Jenny rode and "developed" her, I believe she has attained the super horse status. Oh my, it was fun to watch Tony implementing impulsion training fixing her slight fixation on "no". She got to be a sweaty galloping and cantering horse of yes. I watched Erin ride her in a lesson. Erin was prepping Fancy for flying changes. She did a leg yield with Fancy in the fox trot gait. Long ago, Velvet…

I’m a Trainer!

August 23, 2020Posted inFancy
I do not receive money for training thus maintaining my amateur status. Trainer Factoids: Ethical horse trainers ride their training horses an average of five days a week. Ethical trainers ride their training horses in good and bad weather.Normally, the trainer is better than the the person who hires the trainer. I'm a trainer now. It is the hottest day of the year and I rode. I rode in an indoor arena with one big fan. The horse creates a breeze for the rider when out of fan range. I…

Back on Track!

August 18, 2020Posted inFancy, Flying Change
A month of back pain, back bones out of place is over. Fancy is "back" on track of my dream goal! Surely no one can ever forget my passion to do flying lead changes to pass the requirements of the Parelli Level 4 Tests! Fancy has given me conditions and I have failed all spring and summer to meet her requirements. She has been secretly teaching me another requirement and I recently became aware of the last condition. Fancy has been trying to do a flying change before I asked.…