Post by Kim on Sept 3, 2006 11:34:12 GMT -5
Dressage
The chestnut arab snorts and prances on the end of his lead as Kim opens the gate to the large indoor arena at LSS. She smiles and swings it open then leads him through. Glory tosses his head and marches after her head high, eyes wide looking around. He had only been in LSS indoor arena a couple times. Turning him she shuts the gate and latches it. Looking around she sees that the letters were set up already. Smiling she puts his reins over his head and mounts swiftly. Glory stands quietly as a perfect gentleman would. Kim pats him then turns him to go clockwise around the arena. He snorts and looks around the first lap then settles down and puts his ears back listning for her next request. Kim turns him and walks him the other way before asking him for trot. Glory instantly moves foward sleek muscled body moving in one with his rider. Kim smiles and say's"Good boy!" Glory tosses his head and tryes to jump into a lope. Kim pulls him back down to a trot and scolds him firmly but then lets it go. Glory continues to trot around without hesatation. Kim poasts to his trot moving him both ways with her leg pressure. Glory responds quickly and calmly, troting both ways around the arena. Kim sits back and say's"Easy." Glory snorts and slows to a walk, but tosses his head and gives a mini rear. Kim scolds him once again then turns him to the middle of the ring. Stoping him she askes him to back a couple steps before making him stand and waiting for him to relax. Glory stands attentivly looking around the arena with intrest, leting out a loud nicker before finally getting down to buisness. Kim smiles and pats him then half turns him and askes him to move off at a high steping trot. Glory puts his ears back now in full work mode and trots, arching his neck and moving his feet out in perfect unision. Kim smiles and moves him around to the first turn before asking him to move sideways twords the far oppisite corner. Glory snorts and does as asked, chomping firmly at the bit as if it helped him consentrate. Once in the corner she askes him to piviot at the trot. Glory snorts in confuision and tosses his head and shakes it before pawing at the ground and lashing out at the air. Kim stops him and lets him relax a little, he hadn't done this alot, she could tell, he seemed very frustrated by it. She pats him and askes him to pivot at a walk, Glory relaxes and does it with ease, he had done that many times. She smiles and askes him to trot a little ways then askes him to pivot again. Glory snorts and tosses his head but responds to Kims leg pressure. Kim lets him stop at the halfway point and askes him to walk around again. Glory does so with ease. Kim smiles and pats him then say's"See, simple, now just do it at a trot." She askes him to trot again and then pivot. Glory finishes the circle and Kim puts him into a lope, pating him and praising him happly. Glory soaks up the praise and lopes on with no problem. Kim smiles and lets him relax before asking him to pick his head up again. Glory does so and lopes around and sideways. Kim stops him in the middle once again and pats him. He had sweat crawling up his neck and he looked tired. She dissmounts and kisses him then say's"Carrots, grain and apples for today bud!" She hugs him then leads him out of the arena and twords the stud stables.