A lesson aimed at practising more than just the riding between the fences. We started off with some ground poles on a volte, first in trot and then in canter, to get the horses warmed up. We also added a smaller volte on the short side, where we began with

> The wonderful thing about Nemah is that Nemah is a wonderful thing! Her ears are pointed forward Her legs are just like springs! She’s bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun! Tigger's Song from Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too Bounces, bounces, bounces. Not just one or

Time for a new show jumping lesson. Lennart and Timmen joined us again, making it a perfect family evening. This lesson started off with the whole group trotting ground poles. When Marie was happy with us all, she told us to ride small circles before and after the middle pole.

One thing I find really strange about Nemah is this: As long as we jump every week she jumps like a normal horse, but as soon as she gets a week off she starts behaving like the fences have fangs. Nemah seems convinced that the fences will eat her alive

Since the lesson with Maria I have really tried to think about how I want Nemah to work and how we communicate. Time to try it out in reality with a show jumping lesson. The conditions wasn't the best this day. I fell of Nemah a couple of weeks ago

A new lesson in show jumping. This time Lennart joined me on Spex in addition to the usual three ponies. The warmup was free, followed by three trotting poles on a volte. The middle pole was raised a bit from the ground. Nemah felt really great this day, she listened

Time for another show jumping lesson at the neighbouring stable. This day Nemah understood what was going on as soon as we entered the arena. There were fences and they were there to be jumped! Nemah just couldn’t stand still and shortening my stirrup leathers was almost impossible. It

New day, new lesson. This time in show jumping, with the next door stable owner, Marie, as our trainer. The ride started with a couple of half crazy-horses running around in a paddock just outside the arena. On the inside we had five equally tense horses wondering what all the