Saber Training

We practiced saber drills last night. The saber course included a variety of ground targets, high targets, ring targets, and a head target. The course also included some low jumps and a tarp to make things interesting. Most of the horses did very well including our new horse. One of our horses, Sabre, was having trouble with the tarp. We will put a tarp in front of his feeder to help him overcome this problem. He'd go over the tarp but not right away. He's stop and look at it and then cross it like a cat running through water. It was all a lot of fun. Trying to alternately hit high and low targets while going over jumps is really challenging. You really have to rate your horse's speed while still maintaining a gallop. Trying to spear a four inch ring at a gallop can be challenging too. We are all looking forward to participating in the National Cavalry Competition next month. I don't know how well we will do but it is always fun just being there with like minded cavalry riders.