I’ve been ‘lusting’ after the Blok system for years – Finally
a sale! Yay! Nothing to stop me (and my credit card) now. I am sure Remy will
enjoy the cavaletti work. We have already started with ground poles and he tackles
them with gusto. Our training is modeled after Ingrid Klimke’s (who I
absolutely admire) cross training system. The idea behind is to keep the
training varied to prevent boredom to set in, and also to work different muscle
groups. Take for example dressage horses, most of them only know stall – indoor
- stall. If they are lucky they get worked in an outdoor arena from time to
time. That’s it – and the same applies of course to all the other specialists,
too, jumpers, equitation horses, breed exhibits, etc.
By coincidence the other day I ran into Michele at the tack
shop. She was our ‘short-lived’ jumping instructor years ago. While Saumur’s natural
jumping style is impeccable (knees almost over his ears, round bascule) his bolting
after the jumps did not endear him to Michele. Good thing though that we didn’t
scare her away altogether – she actually offered to come to our place to help
us with the gymnastics exercises for Remy and Chambord. Saumur is off the hook!
While Remy will be like a kid on a trampoline, I predict
Chambord doing the equivalent of shrugging his shoulders, as if to say “Oh-Kay..
let’s get it over with.. and you better up the ante on the treats for this!”
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