Lots of friends came to meet and try riding Marchadors!
Arun is coming!!! Arun is coming!!
Ready to ride!
Leticia Ribeiro came and rode with us!
Great visit by Kristy, Audrey and Adrienne
Guinness, a yearling filly arrived in July. Owned by the Leatherwoods.
Hawke do Summerwind headed home from the back fields.
Izzy got a person on her back for the first time!
Leticia on Gus
Lynn on Caboclo. He was also Leticia’s favorite.
Joia and Beethoven at Laurie’s, SK. “Beethoven has not groomed another horse since I put Mint down 1 year ago”
Adrienne on Bossa Nova de Miami
Almost a selfie! Lynn and Gralha!
And the rains came in July too. We appreciate the horses’ efforts at grooming
Lynn on Gralha M.U.G. Great mare!
Azenha de Maripa, a beautiful Marchador!
Seamus and Gus hanging out.
Guinness meeting Gus.
Audrey at the San Juan river
John on Artemis. Hair by Leticia.
Carmen and Bossa Nova reunited too!
Bill on Koyote Libertas! They clicked.
Day 2 and Day 3 of the SW Clinic focused on riding and learning to feel the different gaits and speeds of the Marchador. SW offered:
Artemis do Summerwind – marcha picada
Siglioso do Rav – marcha picada
Seamus da Boa Fe – marcha picada and marcha batida
Bossa Nova de Miami – marcha de centro
Gralha M.U.G. – marcha batida
Koyote Libertas – marcha batida
Caboclo da Piedade – marcha batida
Randy on Artemis
How many people does it take to groom a horse?
Gus
Bill on Artemis do Summerwind
John on Bossa Nova
Leticia on Caboclo
Lynn and Karen and Izzy. Someone on her back is NEW!
Ned on Koyote
Sarah2 on Artemis
Lynn on Seamus
Randy on Bossa Nova, stretching
Karen on Gus
Carmen on Bossa Nova, her favorite!
Brasilia gets a beauty treatment!
Karen on Artemis
Adrienne on Koyote
Ned on Seamus
Karen on Koyote
Artemis
Lynn on Koyote Libertas
Laura, Karen and Artemis, stretching exercise
Leticia on Gralha
Bill and Carmen, Artemis and Bossa Nova
Ned on Koyote
The marcha – triple support
Laura and Carmen
Laura and Gralha
Randy and Karen – the big winners!
Sarah on Koyote
Randy on Seamus
Adrienne
Laura riding Gralha M.U.G.
Laura, Gus and John
Adrienne on Koyote
Koyote Libertas!
Artemis gets his hair done!
Karen tries Izzy for the first time!
The LINEUP
Randy and Karen, Seamus and Gus
Laura on Gralha in the meadow
Bill on Artemis
Teaching on horseback
Leticia and Caboclo
Randy on Seamus doing poles
Randy on Artemis, Ned on Seamus
Leticia on Caboclo da Piedade
Learnings from Laura: (see also clinic post from last year )
Use the land to improve the gait. We left the arena and used a hillside meadow to speed up the footfalls and get more reach when coming down the hill.
We also used the road to listen for the sound of the gait. Excellent feedback to the rider to hear and adjust the speed, collection or himself to get the perfect sound.
Focus on proper posture – no leaning! Tuck your seat under you slightly so your hips can move.
The star exercise used poles in a circle on the ground and a pattern to ask the horse for concentration, bending and stretching.
How to work on the gait when not under saddle – free movement or running with the horse.
Lots of obstacles and patterns on many different horses raised everyone’s confidence level.
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