Jessica Phoenix Clinic Day 1 Pole Work

Twiggy and I got the amazing opportunity to ride with Jessica Phoenix November 11-13, 2017. The clinic was put on by Extreme Stables and was held at the beautiful Calnash Trucking Ag Event Center in Ponoka, Alberta.

This was our 4th time riding with Jessica, she has seen Twig grow and progress right from the beginning, starting out as a wobbly, green Entry (Beginner Novice) horse in December 2015, up to now, strong, confident Prelim horse!

Day 1 is always pole work, great for all levels and the exercises are simple but changing them in small ways make it easy to tailor for all horse and rider. WOW this day was definitely the hardest! Jessica was really challenging Twiggy and I with the lengthening and shortening exercises (lengthening is super easy for her), making me drop my stirrups and using the counter bend on a small circle to really find that short, sitting, powerful stride and rideability we'll need to keep progressing up the levels. It was so great though, because I have been using the counter bend so much in my rides since, we are really finding a whole new amazing canter in there!

Day 2 of the clinic was indoor XC, and day 3 was stadium, look for those videos as well!

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