Bounce

For *Louvan, for coming first in the Trail Class in my recent show

This is her pony, Tea for Two (aka Rosie) being ridden by Sarah Dampford. They're doing a bit of jumping training which Aaron is supervising and taking pictures of In the background you can see Bridie, who heads up Ottercombe Pony Club, and Nezah Dampford, Sarah's mum.

As Rosie's a family pony, she doesn't get the chance to do a lot of show jumping courses, so mostly Aaron got Sarah to focus on making sure she didn't get over-excited! As you can see they did some pretty big fences for a native pony. They key was for Sarah to make sure that Rosie didn't rush at the fences, especially bounces like this combination. Aaron gave her a few tips to keep Rosie collected, as well as a few flatwork patterns to try before jumping sessions to make sure that they were both concentrating