Sue – How Do You Scoot Foward So Fast?
I rode Sue today and we did really well. I try to keep one hand on the horn at all times to prevent me from jerking back on the reins if she bolts forward. She’s doing so good now that she runs out of gas and tries to stop.
That’s when she gets pretty relaxed. There’s a “short” horse inside her. Today, she tried to stop as we were doing a clover leaf pattern. I picked up the hand that is normally kept on the horn and slapped my thigh. She ignored that, so I lifted my hand up higher to slap my thigh and she took off. It occured to me as my upper body snapped back to her tail that perhaps I should keep hanging on with that hand and slap my thigh with the other hand.
Sadly, I pulled back on the reins to get my balance back to the center of the horse…and she stopped.
THANK GOODNESS! The only good thing here is that she stopped and I didn’t jerk back on the reins in terror.