# @clairecumbee on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DE-0nqZyNCP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73486320-clairecumbee-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e317544c5c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-01-18T21:26:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Claire Cumbee (@clairecumbee) — https://gondola.cc/clairecumbee

## Caption

The hours spent picking out the perfect #ROOTD were at least wasted for today’s jump school. Drenched, freezing, mascara running down face, and wondering why I ever come to Aiken in January. 
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Not even a smidge of a clip of Swatch jumping out of his skin this morning. But, that’s when I know we’re going to jump well, when I can’t share it with the world 😅
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I promise tomorrow I will have the perfect outfit to post and show just how glamorous I am. 
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Today, Swatch was super, starting out forward thinking which has been a nice change. So, I focused on using my bend to maintain my rhythm and balance. Even on straight lines between jumps by creating a little bend and finding that outside rein I could maintain a better canter. Then, in the same thought of creating a bend, I also had to focus on staying soft in my arm and forward with my hand. All in all I think this work will allow him to come through his body better and will cultivate a better canter to jump out of the inevitable bad distance I end up on and  make him that much more rideable. 
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