I CAN’T SEE A STRIDE! | RAW show jumping lesson | Footluce Eventing
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2021
- Hi everyone and welcome back to my channel and to this week's series of "LUCY CANNOT SEE A STRIDE!"
In this vlog I head to my local venue for a show jumping lesson with my trainer Justine Ward, to try and iron out the creases (I am basically a linen shirt at the moment). I have left all the footage unedited and raw so you can see and hear a complete real version of our turbulent training.
Anyway, despite the car crash, we had fun and we live to jump another day!
**DISCLAIMER: THERE MAY BE A FEW NAUGHTY WORDS!**
Enjoy!
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I love the raw lesson!! You don’t see many people post videos of the countless hours of mistakes and crappy lines, I love it!! Can you do more of these? And yes please do a house tour too.
Oh I’m all about learning from my mistakes!
Would love to see your Trainer ride her and a house tour! Xx
yesssss we want a house tour the more vidz the better! :D
"Don't over-think it" "I'm not thinking at all!" Made me smile :)
She did not look easy today and you persevered. You never quit and that was a terrific way to finish a difficult ride!
Really admire the way you own up to things. Some people would blame the horse. Sometimes you just think grrrrr when this happens i used to. Then i used to get my knickers in a twist and make things worse. Then the next time i jumped it would be fine. Xx
Loving the honesty in posting the days you know we’ve all had ❤️Its always nice when issues pop up in a lesson and you’ve got professional eyes on the ground to help. It’s probably so hard to see a stride on her when she’s rushing - I admire what a good rider you are, and she’s just lovely, of course!
I used to ride a lovely large warmblood, I could see a stride from a mile away on him! The thing with Laragh is she’s rather unpredictable 😂 But it’s all learning. I’ve definitely got better stickability for it! Thanks for watching 🙏
You are very brave, Lucy. It can't be easy to put out works-in-progress; so big kudos for doing that. I think everyone learns a lot from watching you and Laragh. And, you are a much better rider than you think -- that jump run through was well-sat for sure. And, after each round, there was big improvement for both of you. Really clever of you to book a couple of lessons in a row too. I'm sure both of you will feel the improvements next time you go to show. I'm looking forward to seeing your trainer ride Laragh and give comments from that pov, as I agree with you, that she is a tough ride; which of course, we sometimes appreciate, just not all the time I guess. Always love to see pretty Bonnie, even if she's having a wee. She is so darn cute. Have faith in yourself -- you're really good at this.
I’d rather be posting about all our wins and successes… however wouldn’t have much content 😂😂 Thanks so much for your lovely comment and for watching 💙
Thank you for sharing this Lucy! My mare that I had for 3 years was exactly the same as Laraghlee and I also use to freeze and take my leg off. I so appreciate your trainer's advice, and cannot wait to see her ride her and the knowledge she brings!
Oh good I am not alone!!
Yessss please do a house tour 😍😍 you know we love a nosey plus I love when we get to see small insights to your house as I think your style is lush!! I wanna do my house like yours!! 😍
Loving the video already! Would love to see an in depth house tour at some point!! Can't wait to finish watching 😊
Love these types of videos! Nice to see the improvement through the session 😍👏
I want both: next lesson, AND house tour. I love all your vlogs👍😊
I don't want to be greedy but I want both please!! Trainer & house vlog!
I think so many of us have had days like this and its so great that you're open to sharing it with everyone.
I had a couple horses that were like this. the one was an ex-polo pony who would just go full-tilt at any jump I showed her and the other was an OTTB who was so strong and would just lean into me in the same way that Laraghlee seems to.
What really helped me with seeing better strides was just putting two poles on the ground at about 5/6 strides apart and then just cantering between them and working on adjustability, so adding a stride or taking one away.
Best of luck with figuring all of this out x
Yes definitely going to be incorporating more pole work like that! Thanks for watching 💙
@@footluceeventing saw the follow up video and wow did you guys look great!
It seems as if she thrives off a more impulsive canter and it's good to see the confidence improving in your showjumping partnership. Onwards and upwards from here and thank you for showing the reality of riding horses and the ups and downs we all experience :)
It's lovely to see a video of you learning with laragh. She's one strong girl and you do an amazing job with her. Any vlog is a vlog worth watching. Would love both. You'll get there. I couldn't see strides for years and one day it just clicked.
I really felt for you watching this! I definitely know that frustrating feeling when you have one of those lessons. It’s so hard when you KNOW what you need to be doing differently but your mind and body don’t seem to be cooperating! Its so hard not to get stuck in a rut mentally when you’re having a day like that. For what it’s worth, you’re a really lovely rider and I don’t think Laragh always makes things easy for you and helps you out so don’t beat yourself up. Also, it’s reassuring to watch videos like this and realise, you know what, we all have those days! Chin up, there were some lovely moments in there. X
So interesting to see and learn from mistakes, and full credit to you for showing them. Can't wait to see what Justine makes of it, and would love a house tour! Love your vlogs Lucy, bravo.
It would be very easy for me to hide the bad bits, but would be very evidential from my eventing results 😂 Thanks so much for watching 💙
Retrospective, eh. I thought I had seen them all but guess not. What a talented rider you are! I knew you were good and watching this confirms it.
Good, knowledgeable vlog Lucy! I just got back on a few months ago and am having very similar issues with the TB I am now riding - they're deceptively forward. Our first instinct is to hold TIGHT and whoa but in reality, per your trainer, they'll win that battle every single time. It's so hard! But it's great to see and learn from.
Thanks for watching! You’re right, we need less whoa, more go.. which is totally bonkers but I guess makes sense 😂
Totally backwards and really makes you think about overriding your tendencies!
Is Laura a High Blower with that unusual noise she makes breathing as she's working?
I had an Appaloosa who sounded the same when he worked, and that's what the vet called him. A High Blower. He had a birth defect of a little hole in the septum, the skin and cartilage barrier between a horse's nostrils. He sounded like a freight train when he was breathing heavy, but there wasn't a thing wrong with him.
Made for very interesting vet checks during endurance competitions for vets that were unfamiliar with the condition. They would think I had ridden him too hard and broken his wind. Hehehe.
I still miss that crazy old horse. He was my best endurance horse ever. Could go hard all day with a few water breaks and hardly break a sweat! He lived till he was almost 40, and for a 17HH horse, that said alot about how well he was cared for.
Good luck with your eventing!
Lesson videos are my favorite! It's always nice to see people over come struggles and learn from them!
I love the snorting metronome.
I also have quite a bulldozer and I can never see a stride, however I am slowly learning it never looks quite as bad as it feels. Would love to see your trainer vs you riding the lovely Laragh
Hahah she’s a noisy one 😂 Yes Justine rides her very well so I’m looking forward to her taking the reins!
Great vlog Lucy. First, congrats on new home! Would love to see a tour! Definitely would like to see next training session with Justine! Good that she'll ride Laragh. I can still hear my instructor, Mr. King, some 50 years ago, "leg, leg, leg!,....keep his head up!, leg!" It's not always easy! One's love of the sport and our equine partner keeps us striving for better though. Hang in there. Thank you for sharing the good times and the rough times; a microcosm of life is it not? Take care, be safe and still have fun. 💙🐎😎 PS: naughty words can be a necessity at times.
Heck yes, house vlog and also would love to see your trainer ride. I really thought what was going on with Lemme was the way I ride but after having my trainer ride him she was feeling exactly what I was feeling. So it really wasn't me or my riding. I had a visit from the vet we figured out that he had arthritis in his right hock. I got it injected and started him on IM joint supplement. Now he feels better than he ever has. 😁 short story long...haha I think having your trainer will be a fun and definitely helpful video. 🤣😂
Very pleased you got it sorted well done!! Thanks for watching 😊
Look forward to house and trainer vlogs. You always make them so natural and entertaining , thank you ❤️ Xx
Yas Girl of course we want a house tour! Love your channel Lucy, don't worry I can't see a stride either. For an 80cm fence................
You have such a lovely seat! You rode that great. The horse was pulling you to the fence then last minute was like actually nahhhh. 😅
Yes to the house tour. Don't worry about the jumps. I'm a self tought jumper. I Aime the horse at the jump and pray for the best.
😂😂 I love that 👏🏻
Lucy. I’d go back to the drawing board. Ground work. Half halts bend. Get her listening. Then grids. Make her stretch for a stride. She’s chipping in all the time. And you’ll get refusal after refusal as she can’t get out over a big fence from the bottom of it. And your hands. Get back your independent seat where you can give her head over a fence.
We do a lot of all you have mentioned above! Sometimes chipping in isn’t the worst thing, it’s better than going off a flyer- especially at the level we are at. She’s never been one to go off a long one, it’s either bang on, or chip in!
@@footluceeventing yup and there’s the problem. You can’t get bang on all the time. Occasionally a chip will save you but taking a fence out of the stride you have is the way to go. I just speak from a point of her being mine and what I would do. Stronger leg on and ask for the stretch, I may even go back to loose jumping too so she gets freed up in the head, neck and back. But it will be great to see your trainer on her. It’ll give more guidance too. Love the vlog and really like the mare.
Whatever you vlog I’ll be watching!! Can we have both? Jumping and house tour?! 🤞❤️❤️
Your brave to put this out there. I've been following from afar for a while.
I have had my SJ problems. For me the best way to work around the problem has been setting up related distances with poles and incorporating them into my everyday riding .
Example
4 poles on a 20m circle works for dressage and jumping rhythm. Adding and taking out a stride gets you thinking about your canter .
You get so relaxed and confident doing this that when you get round to jumping the height is not a problem
Don't over analyse things. You have proven you can do this. You will get back to where you were , ready to look for more
Thank you for such an honest vlog! And there is definitely a lot of good moments to focus on - I am sure you will improve even more with time! Would be great to see the next lesson too :)
Thank you! Yes next lesson in the pipeline 😍
We all get days like this!! Dont be disheartened. I have gone through phases for several weeks where I just am completely useless at counting strides and then for no reason at all one day ill get out of bed and I can count strides again.
When I am having these bad days I try to ride a lot shorter and more upright strides, really sit back and then you can always push and lengthen into a fence. Better that way round than tucking in a mini stride in my experience.
Ive had so many lessons like this, so you are not alone!! Just keep going and dont be disheartened! Sending good jumping vibes!! 😂👍❤
Loving the good jumping vibes 😂😂
Great lesson!! I appreciate that you showed so much!!! It was so interesting!!
Loved watching! ❤️❤️❤️
I love it and I haven’t even started watching the video 😍
I've had my girl 9years and I still struggle with her she's a TB and very hot and forward. She pulls on the forehand and will steam ahead and I struggle to keep her with me without feeling like I'm pulling her face off. So frustrated sometimes trying to go back to basics to get her listening to me. She is better schooling but is a nightmare sometimes on hack. Your doing a fab job.xx
Keep at it! Sounds like you’re doing a great job, when a lot of people would just give up. I recently did a programme on Horse & Country TV called ‘Back to Basics’, not sure where in the world you are but they stream Internationally- I did some great exercises that really helped us!
@@footluceeventing I'm in Scotland. I seen some of your clips from it. Will sign up and watch the whole session would be great to get tips. The joys of forward hot horses 😁 you guys do brilliant and it's good to see I'm not alone with struggles xx
@@baldownie I’d love to hear how you get on!! Keep me updated 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Yes would love to be a nosey parker and see your house tour. Also would love to see Justine ride Lara to see if it makes a difference and help you get a better ride with her xx
She’ll be fabulous!
Great lesson!! I appreciate that you showed so much!!! It was so interesting!! I would love to watch your trainer ride:)
Yessss to the house!!
Love this! Justine is the right amount of terrifying. . . Improving you and Lara in the process. Thanks for posting.
you should put your horses and their heights and stuff in the description box so new ppl can look! Love the vid 💓
Good idea! Thank you 😊
I love your videos and your horses are so cute and talented! 💗
Just watched omg when you go into the yellow jump! You are a brilliant rider xx 😘
Just about stuck that one 😂
This could literally be me and my horse. My instructor says the same, leg off the corner! She also tells me to keep riding straight, straight at the fence and straight away from the fence. Good luck for your next event :)
I guess it’s a pretty common issue! Thanks so much 🙏
Love this kind of video!
Loved the vlog!! Yes please to the house tour 😍
Happy with any vlog.
Yes!!!!!!! would love a house tour vlog
You are not alone. Im hopeless at using my leg at a fence. I forget they even exist at times. 🤣
Your legs or the fences? 😁
@@jahnaderr821 legs first. 🤣
you ride really well! lol! the horse im riding literally jumps like a dear, but watching this did helped me a bit :)
I think Bonnie was a bit grumpy because you put the camera on her when she was going for a pee and at least you didn’t fall you nearly did that’s a good thing can’t wait for the next one thank you for taking us along
Loved the vlog I agree with other comments "raw" and real, it would be good to see how your trainer rides her, but always up for a house tour 😀
Yes to the house tour!!!!
Thanks for sharing!!! it's so hard somedays
Oh god I feel ya. I go between too little leg and too much leg!! And lots of hope and pray moments 👀
Firstly I love you and all of your vlogs! I would definitely have your trainer get on her and see how she goes, but grid work would be super for her, I have this exact same issue with my horse, I struggle to see a stride, and I have a bounce to a one stride oxer and it helps keep him on his hind end and lift his front end without having to worry about missing a stride. Also try poles and shortening and lengthening between them ☺️🇦🇺
Thank you! I know she’ll be fab on her, when I can’t see my strides I just sit there like a lemon- something that Justine definitely does not do! Yes I love grid work, we try and do bits here and there but she’s straight as a die through grids. Will definitely do more poles!
Yes for a house tour!!
Please please I would love to see your next jump lesson with your trainer riding!
Yes to a house tour!! xx
Please can we see both your trainer jumping Laraghlee and your new home Lucy. Tfs😎
Consider it done!
i love you so much you ride so well dont worrie about it your still cool🤣🤣
Would love to see your house Lucy x
Yes house tour!!
Would love a house tour and to see Justine ride.
Yes house tour!
Yes Yes Yes for a house tour.
Lucy, I feel your frustration. Just a thought and only to offer a suggestion which you can take or leave :) This is not easy for you and Laraghlee. I'm wondering if it would be worth doing a controlled jump (barriers etc) with no reigns and no stirrups. So you practice "speaking" to Laraghlee with your seat for each jump. Will also perhaps help you release her to jump freely with her head. I know its not easy, but I remember my instructor making me do this. It was very helpful.
Love to see the house.
Well done Lucy. Didn't look an easy ride.
I’d love to see your trainer ride Laragh - I bet it’s not as easy as she thinks! 😏 With respect to your trainer, she could be giving you more help to see a stride rather than when you said “I saw one that time!” just saying “Well, see one every time then!” 😂🤪 It seems to me that when you’re on the right stride you know you’re right, but when you’re not you’re finding it hard to know whether you need to lengthen or shorten. Not easy on a horse like Laragh who likes to chip in! There are tons of exercises Justine could give you to find your rhythm - like making the fences smaller and getting you to count your canter strides into the fence. I remember Pippa Funnell saying you are never more than half a stride out, which is absolutely true!
Can I please borrow your trainer :( Also I absolutely appreciate the raw footage and I’m sure everyone else does too! I just loved this video 💛
Thank you for showing us your bobbles so we can learn by watching you fix them.
Good video Lucy
That horses stamina❤
I think Lucy you should focus on the good thing like the fact that you didn’t come off and hurt yourself or Lara 😂
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Pls do a house tour it would be fun !
in my case though my trainer says its beeter to have an extra stride but that can be specifically depend on the rider and horse
From watching all of your vlogs, this just seems so unlike you and Laragh! I’ve always been so impressed with your riding! It looks like she’s refusing to jump at all long and is putting in a half stride. If she can’t fit that small stride in, she refuses. It makes me wonder about a suspensory issue, since suspensories gradually break down/tear without obvious lameness and then one day they finally break down and you have a lame horse. It’s a cumulative injury. Really looking forward to your trainer riding because that’ll give you a lot of info. Thanks for sharing the good and the bad! Also looking forward to the house tour!
Ah, well you see she very very rarely chooses to put in a longy in the show jumping, we’ll either be bang on, or she’ll chip in, it’s just the way she is! She’s had a full lameness work up not that long ago, so I’m not worried about that 😊 I just had an off day, you’ll see she’ll fly when my trainer gets on- because she can see a stride 😂
I'm so tense just listening to the yelling and I can't even tell what she's saying. I would be a wreck in a lesson! Meaning, I don't know how you guys all do it. Go you!
Honestly I wouldn't say that the issues are all your fault. She looks like a complicated ride and she does not give you any freebies. There seemed to be multiple times where there was a perfectly reasonable "long" spot (not even that long) where she could have taken off but she decided to throw in a tiny chip stride. Seems to me that she really prefers that super close distance and does not like to really push off for a longer stride. It definitely makes it difficult for you as the rider to make it feel like you're not seeing the spot when you really are and she's not taking it! Then when she did actually take a longer spot, it left you behind because I think you were expecting her to chip in. And when you're constantly getting chips it's hard to commit to a distance and keep your leg on.
Nice
Please forgive me for asking, but are there plans in the future for a new younger horse?
Big hugs for your frustration in your lesson.
👀 There may well be…
@@footluceeventing 👀👀👀😁
first!!
Can we see the house tour and your instructor riding Lara
lmao riiight
Thank you Lucy. I’m a non horsey person who would like to understand what ‘seeing a stride’ means. Does is mean picking your take-off location, and leading Laragh to that exact position without slowing down?
Yes - seeing a stride means finding a good take off spot, and then being able to gauge your horse's stride and adjust to that point (either lengthening or shortening to that point as needed).
What Nichole said!
Is it more common in mares or just something she does with the snorting? I've not met a horse so loud wow
Both please Lucy
Hello!
oh god my trainer would kill me for a lesson like this
I got three minutes into this video and started whining inwardly because I haven't been able to ride in four weeks because literally EVERY weekend has been raining or the ground is mud. The weekdays are fine, sunny, dry - but every weekend without fail has been pouring. 😣 I know it's winter but this is Australia people! Where are the droughts when you need them??
Lucy your trainer needs to be nice to you and not mean because of your Mistakes your a perfect Eventer
House tour please!
Learn to lengthen and shorten your stride between fences that will make a big difference,
We’ve done lots of work on this on the flat, but it’s knowing when to do apply to a fence I sometimes struggle with.. work in progress! 😂
Go down to basics, thats healthy for professionals too - when you can slower and lengthen your strides there, put the poles up again. Nice try
Lucy have you ever tried different bits? I know people can be funny when you start mentioning gags and such but used correctly they do no more harm than hanging an a snaffle. Sometimes it looks like you are fighting laughlee and not enjoying yourself, and that is not what we do it for. Please don’t take this the wrong way…just throwing out some ideas….
Hi Sarah, yes I have! The one she’s in at the moment is actually the best she’s had for a while, it’s a universal comfy mouth. She’s not great in gags because too much pressure and she will stop ✋🏻 she’s a sensitive soul… but an excitable one! Thanks for watching 💙
I felt sorry for Lara, all that hard work after a week off, that's a bit rough
Oh she only had 2 days off! She is super fit 😊
To put it bluntly (sorry!) I’m disappointed in your trainer, she gives you very little guidance between fences (which I know you know is where things tend to start going wrong and that applies to us all!) and she doesn’t appear to instil much confidence in you. Plus, my god, did she drill you both?! I don’t think I’ve ever in my life jumped that many fences in a lesson and I’ve been competing some 30 years. In my no doubt unwelcome opinion (again - sorry!) she is a bit stuck for how to help you and hoping you can string a few decent fences together before letting you finish on a positive... I wonder if the partnership might be a bit stale and it’s time for a fresh pair of eyes on the ground and a different approach. I really mean no disrespect at all, just a fellow eventer wishing better for one of her kind! I think you ride her absolutely beautifully.
Hi Victoria, thank you for watching! Very interesting to hear what you thought on this! I think perhaps on this occasion maybe switching up the training to a different exercise may have helped? I’ll suggest a spot of grid work next time! X
@@footluceeventing incredibly diplomatic of you to reply at all 😂 Have just started following you and enjoying your journey. I lost my wonderful horse two months ago so I’m a frustrated eventer just now (hence sticking my nose in other people’s business 🤦♀️). Love the new horse, he’s super smart x
The horse is a dónkey...not a jumper. I m a horse trainer. Buy a real horse and enjoy the jumping