I swapped my dressage saddle for my ancient, falling apart jump saddle on the weekend and hit the road with Lou in tow for a jumping lesson! We did some basic work in the arena before heading out to try our hand at a few cross country jumps in the back paddock to finish up. Lou was a star, especially considering he has hardly jumped for six odd months, so I couldn't have been happier with him. This dressage queen is now saving hard for a new jump saddle - I guess I can call it cross training after all, and my horse will be much happier if he can do his flatwork in the jumps arena instead of getting bored out of his brain doing "real" dressage!
Looks like I might have to be satisfied with being a perfectionist doing eventing dressage so we can do it all - I guess that can only be a good thing! :)
