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Færslur: 2008 Febrúar

29.02.2008 10:07

Lessons with Mette, 1st day

After school we packed our stuff together and started the drive to Torfunes, where the lessons with Mette Manseth were taking place.
Einar had already taken our horses Bragur and Katla there.
Ingólfur and I were together in a group and so it was not possible to film or take pictures of each other. It was planned that we have 2 lessons today and 2 lessons on sunday.
First we had to show Mette the horses so she could see how much they have improved since last time. Bragur did fine and was trotting well. So he was ready for the next step which meant making him soft in his neck and leting him kiss the stirrup and learn to stand still even when the rider is moving stupidly on his back. Mette showed me what to do and then it was my turn to mount and work. Things went quite ok, eventhough he was not so happy in the beginning when I turned his head to my foot. In the second lesson we started even to trott in circles without loose rein. In the end of that lesson I was working a bit in hand and learning a new way to stop bragur on the longe...
Ingólfur and Katla had a bit hard start as she was quite stressed and to much thinking about everything else than what she was supposed to do. Of course Mette tried her and quite liked this mare. She said it would be best to make the Passangerexercise with her too. That worked fine and Katla soon realised that it is too tiring to run so much and stopped. Well, stopping is her biggest problem: she sometimes stopps and refuses to move anymore. No matter what you do, she stands still. There's a bit work to do with that!
Alltogether the lessons have been really good and informative and we are looking forward to the second part on sunday!
Tomorrow is Mývatn Open and we hope for good weather and great horses!
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28.02.2008 09:37

Preparing for lessons with Mette

Now it's time to start to prepare a bit for the coming lessons with Mette Manseth!
Ingólfur is taking part in the lessons this time too and of course he needs a good horse for that! So he called his friend Dóri in Bjarnastaðir if he could borrow him a horse for that.
Well, Dóri has an interesting young mare called Katla out of Aron frá Strandarhöfði and Keila frá Bjarnastöðum, who is daughter of Keilir frá Miðsitju. He was willing to bring her and we were quite interested to see how she's doing.
I have to admitt, that I was really impressed by the power this little mare is showing! She has really good and high legaction, but is still a bit stressed. We are quite nosy about her progress during lessons with Mette!
Bragur is doing fine and it will be interesting if Mette is contend with the progress he made. Hope he is showing himself at his best!
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23.02.2008 09:27

Trotting, trotting, trotting

Well, well, what to write about Bragur's trotttraining? Hm, he had a break of a few days after the last lesson with Mette and so we were quite nosy how he would do at home in the smaller ridinghall. I longed him as usual and he was really well behaved and trotting just fine.
After mounting he ran around and made a few u-turns, but started to trott quite soon.
The days after he started already in trott and only gallopped a bit inbetween.
We are really happy about this big step forward!
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16.02.2008 11:42

Lessons with Mette Manseth 2

Bragur had a good night in Torfunes and was relaxed when we arrived in the morning. This time I longed him before riding and he was trotting just fine, reacting well on what I asked him to do.
Mette divided the riding hall into 2 parts and explained the following exercise to me. It's the so called "passenger exercise". The rider is just a passenger, the horse is allowed to choose where to go, but the rider doesn't allow it to stop in corners or at the gate. If the horse tries to do that, the rider has to push it forward.
The reason she suggested this exercise for Bragur and his problem with trott was, that he was so busy and stressed with thinking about where to go, that he couldn't relax and trott.
I was not allowed to touch the rein, Bragur was free to go everywhere. Sometimes I had to push him quite a lot forward and he was galloping and galloping circels in the riding hall. He was allowed to relax (I didn't push him) in the part of the riding hall, farest away from the gate. Soon he realised that and in the end he started to relax and trott! When he was trotting I allowed him to slow down to walk.
In the afternoon we did the same exercise again and this time it was even shorter till he started to trott! And he was going from walk straight to trott a few times!
I was surprised that we got him to trott so fast and really proud and happy about it. Now I'll work on a bit like that and hope that he starts trotting faster and faster!
In a few weeks there are next lessons with Mette and I already signed in for them *g*

In the evening was Icetölt in Akureyri and our friend Gisli was competing too. Of course we had to go and watch!
There were 68 riders, always 2 together in a group. First they showed slow tölt and then fast tölt on the long sides of the icehall. It was impressive to see the horses run on this slippery ground! I'm looking forward to the coming icecompetitions and hope the weather will be fine so we can go and watch them!
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15.02.2008 11:35

Lessons with Mette Manseth 1

I was so lucky to get lessons with Mette Manseth as a birthday present.
They started today and will go on tomorrow.
First she showed us a young mare and we could see how she starts to work a young horse, got to know the way horses learn and how we can teach them new things.
Then everybody had a single lesson with Mette, telling her about the personal aims for these lessons, showing the horse and letting her try it.
Bragur was not as calm as he usually is. I think it was because of the transport, the new place and the fact, that I couldn't longe him before mounting. Well, he was quite tense and Mette got a good view of his problems. She promised me to have a really good exercise for Bragur and me the next day. I'm looking forward to that!
It was quite late when we got home (after midnight) and we already have to be there at 8 tomorrow...
More about these lessons tomorrow!
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09.02.2008 11:58

Playing horses

The last days the weather was really good and the horses enjoyed to stay outside!
So I used the opportunity to take a few pics of our playing and running horses!
You find them in "Horses" - "Our horses february" and "Action!"
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03.02.2008 15:11

First time on the first own horse

At the moment Hjördís is here for a visit. And apart from playing with her friends, she's of course really interested in spending time with us in the stable. By the way: Hjördís is the proud owner of Ögn, which we have in training now. So why not see how these two go along with each other?
After cleaning Ögn and putting the saddle on, we looked for a fitting helmet for Hjördís so the fun could start. Ingólfur put her on horseback and gave her instructions what to do and then he started to lead Ögn around in the riding hall. Things went really well and Hjödís was not happy when she had to dismount and let her dad ride a bit. Her friend Sunneva was allowed to try too. I took a few pics an short videos of the girls in the riding hall. Have a look!
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02.02.2008 13:10

Bad weather

The last days the weather here was not really good, maybe better to say: quite bad! Lot of wind, it was snowing and the snow was blown around by strong winds. So not so much fun to drive around and have a look at the horses or go and feed the horses in the stable. Absolutely no weather to ride outside. Even in the riding hall riding was not so good as the roof and the whole building made strange noises due to the storm outside and the horses, especially Bragur, did not concentrate well on what they were supposed to do.
Our outside horses were completely covered in snow and ice but Ingólfur was so wise to put hay in front of the big shelter and lured them inside so they would be protected. Before that they refused to leave the other place with hay and used the hay as shelter (really small shelter for 3 grown horses and 7 youngsters).
Due to these weatherconditions I was of course not outside to take pics, so, sorry, nothing to see .
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