Not having the best time atm with one thing and another, and wondered if I should give riding a miss tonight but felt calm after a while at the yard so got on :)
She was fab, no sign of sewing machine so I can only assume it was jumping excitement. We worked on leg yield and shoulder fore in walk, figures of eight and did leg yield in trot and figures of eight, and changing across the long diagonal asking for a bit extra to go into medium. Also worked on halting, trying to get it really from my seat.
She was fabby :clap: a bit heavier in the contact than I would have liked and not as consistent but we are getting there. Had a few "wow" moments - that feeling where they are really in front of your leg but not rushing and you just really have them where you want them and really have a place to sit.
Canter transitions have gone a bit to pot, the canter when we are in it is much, much better but am wondering if because we have been working on getting her less hyperreactive to the leg, maybe I need to ask a bit more strongly? As she is running and then going, which is not like her at all. I did put my stirrups up a hole for canter work in order to try to really be able to feel stable and ask, if that makes any sense :dunno: Fran - any tips, we have a lesson on Saturday but any ideas for practicing before then?
Finished by trotting figure of eights on the buckle with her having a really good stretch :biggrin:
Let her have a treat and roll in the school before going out as she had worked really hard. She looked very contented and she had massively cheered me up :biggrin:
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