Upwards and onwards

You could say it's a successful morning's lesson when you find yourself punching in the air upon getting your horse to make an upward transition into trot in full collection (relaxed and without force). The bounce underneath you is totes amaze-balls. And later on getting to experience the same in canter. Essi Antila helps us make it happen http://www.optimoriding.com

We jumped in a competition after a long break

Here some pics of our Finnish SJ debut a couple of weeks ago. I had in my sights of entering the 50cm class but as I fell off in the jumping lesson the day before, so decided to play it safe and have a confidence booster just at least by entering a class... 

Rainbow was a true pro and gave me confidence to go for more. Love that pony.