Roo did his last 'test' in training to see whether I thought he was ready for 40km and he breezed it.
I decided to do my usual training test ride at Cannock chase on the hillier side to give me more of a feel of whether he was ready to tackle his first 40km at Red Dragon. There will be no prizes for speed, but Roo isn't strong enough and he doesn't have good enough proprioception for speed yet so we won't judge him there. However, what he did do was go at a nice steady pace, listened and had a good recovery at the end so in my book, that's an all clear for making the step up.
We did 12km and in total our training ride consisted of only 4 minutes canter, it's hard not to let them enjoy themselves on the nice grassy strips. And the rest of our hour and a half session was in walk and trot at an average speed of 7.4kph. Now I know this is slower and shorter than what I would usually like to train at but we were out with a friend from the yard, who's horse can't go as fast, and it was more important to me that Roo enjoyed and had some company than to try and hit 12kph or do 16km.
Our last PR was a 22km at 11.8kph so I know he's more than capable of maintaining the required Novice speed parameters so rather than stick hard and fast to my usual training regime I decided to bend my own rules so that we could have some fun.....I know....who am I!!!!
Roo is definitely getting stronger, my instructor has really helped us with this and it's starting to show in his attitude out and about, his spooks come with more oomph, his downward transitions are much more balanced and his movement is starting to become more effortless. I'm really excited for a winter of working on his strength and balance and can't wait to see how he progresses over the next few months.
Thanks for watching,
Beth
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