The purchase of a second saddle meant I needed a temporary storage solution until I can wrangle a drill - or even better, someone to use it - to install a permanent saddle rack.
For now, I've suspended the rack from the existing one with baling twine. A neat temporary solution.
The new saddle, a Thorowgood jump model, was put to use today for the first time at a local jump day.
We had a great day and jumped higher than anticipated (70cm). Still small, but I'm happy to start there after 16 years of not jumping!
Kadey was great, though inclined to duck out a little - which made me pull him away rather than hit a wing. I should have just ridden him harder to the centre. A lesson for next time.
As the instructor said, he wants to jump. I just have to put my heart over the fence for him to follow.
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