Last Week

We are coming into the last week of our stay here. Time has seem to flown by, but I feel we have already made a ton of progress and it has been a tremendous learning experience in so many ways. But, saying all that, we still have a week to go and we will try to absorb as much as possible in the last few days!

I do feel the lack of real turnout is starting to get to both of the ponies. Oslo has been quite spooky and I have never felt Cashew with so much extra energy! Both have already had their food quantity cut in half, but the good quality hay here and lack of opportunities to run around are combining to create quite the handfuls of ponies!

I have included a couple pictures of Cashew that dad took on the weekend during a trail ride. She is always looking her best and loves the camera!

Oslo was "Mr. Superstar", as Lientje called him, on Saturday. We had the most amazing lesson and we manage to do it all! 11 one tempis, canter half-pass zig-zag on the first try, steep trot half-passes. passage and piaffe (on our own!). I could not have been happier with what Oslo gave us! He just keep working and offered everything he had. The exciting part is all of those things are starting to become easier for us and even semi reliable! Oslo is becoming much stronger and my timing and feel has improved significantly in the short work. Therefore, hopefully we will be a force to reckon with once we figure out how to put all the movements together in a test!

Looking forward to one last intense week of training!

Cheers,


Lindsay + Oslo + Cashew

Cashew enjoying rolling in her new fine shavings!