Dreams Do Come True :)

Yesterday Cheyenne and I had a groundbreaking moment...! With riding at liberty in mind, we did a quick warm up on the ground with the driving game, and did a quick mounted warm up of figure 8, stop/back up without the reins, etc. She was feeling great.. light, responsive, willing, and left brained. So the halter came off! F8 and point to point were fabulous, so we tried trotting for the first time ever without any tack... it was fluid and amazing!! I called my mom over to watch, and little did I know, she brought her camera with her :) I showed her our latest achievement, and when I was done, I just so happened to look over at a jump I had set up. Then I thought.. why not? Chey is being the perfect partner, so well connected, and she loves to jump... what better time than now?! With that decided, I had my mom (aka minion ;p) grab my fancy jump of cones and a pole and set it up in the pasture. I put the hackamore back on, and we jumped about 4 times before I decided we were good to go. It was so cool, I must be more balanced on her bareback than in the saddle, because she was REALLY able to bring her front end up!! It was such a dramatic arch! It felt great, and my mom said her leg tuck was incredible. It only lasted for the first two 'warm up' jumps, but I love that I now know what she is capable of!! Eeek! I get excited just thinking about it! So anyways, the halter came off. I didn't think I was coordinated enough to focus on the jump, my position/balance, and the carrot stick all at once, so it was just my trusty steed, the savvy string around her neck, and me. She was perfect :) I focused on our perimeter fence out in the distance, asked for a trot, and she sailed right over, no hesitation :) I WAS SO ECSTATIC!!! I can't help but get giddy every time I think about it now, this was a dream I've had with her for YEARS, and we finally achieved it!! One more goal checked off my list for 2012 :) I am SO blessed to have this mare in my life... she may not be some easy push button levels horse, but oh man have I learned so much from her!!! I'm fighting back tears as I write this.. she really has brought me through an emotional journey of my own. I couldn't be more proud of this amazing, amazing girl :)

Anyways! Past the mushy stuff and onto the video! I am really excited to share this with everyone, please feel free to give me feedback or commentary!! The link is below =]

http://youtu.be/ayRDr5hEg5A