Sunday, November 30, 2008

"Champ" video-for Annie


This is me and Champ just working on lightness, stopping, backing up, and getting his head down.  He has improved drastically from when he first came to me.  The last back up is not the greatest as far as how he carried his head (you can see remnants of his former tie-down days), but was still soft and willing.  This video shows Champ immediately following me mounting up...so he was not "warmed up".  Somehow, we didn't get any of him cantering, but he has a great canter, no buck, stops easily from the canter.



This video shows Champ doing some ground work.  He is very soft online, rarely pulling.  He really likes lightness.  We have been working on building up to turning on his haunches, keeping his weight back.  He does not show how well he can go sideways in this particular video, but he does it well.  You can observe he is focused and paying close attention to all I ask of him.  He also has a nice, straight back up.