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Hi, my name is Halt Near X and I think fire-breathing dragons live under jumps. What I think of gymnastic exercises isn’t really printable–it’s only in the last week or two that I’ve been able to watch other riders go through them without cringing.
So I’m as shocked as anyone that I walked through part of a gymnastics exercise today. Just the first part–raised cavalleties. We were using the impulsion generated by the cavalleties to help me rate the walk through the rest of the arena.
Unfortunately for me, this meant walking towards a jump and only turning away from it at the last minute.
I survived, obviously. I won’t pretend I wasn’t tense, but I did survive. I can walk towards a jump and not have a panic attack. Isn’t that nice?
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On the horse—which is why I’m so surprised. Such a little thing to do, but something I wasn’t sure I could.
On Dec 30, 2006, Patricia said:
Dear Halt,
Were you on a horse or were you walking on your own two feet?
Yrs,
Patricia