I rode Friday afternoon in a little flat private with Emma. She's been working with Ellie all week and I swear she has the magic touch. After a quick trot we moved into the dreaded canter. Emma had us figure eight with a simple trot lead change. Despite picking up her left lead instead of her right in the first go around- she quickly came back to a trot and moved into the right lead. After that- smooth sailing! No ear pinning at all- happy as a clam. After a couple of successful eights I suggested that we be done. Emma pushed us a bit and had us do the final exercise with simple change from a walk. It was beautiful. So we quit for the day.
On to our little Sunday private with Alison- sure enough we were just as successful in getting that right lead! We hopped over a few crossrails but she was starting to get crabby so we kept the program light and ended on a good note!
Happy to see the progress and proud of Ellie!
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Progress is always gratifying!
ReplyDeleteSounds like she's getting it! :)
ReplyDeleteShe is so pretty :)!
ReplyDeleteProgress is the crack that keeps me riding, haha.
ReplyDeleteYay for progress! :)
ReplyDeleteHow is Wilbur doing?
Poor Wilbur- I haven't seen him at all! I need to plan a trip when I'm back from vacation to see his cuddly face!
DeleteSounds like things are coming together!
ReplyDeleteThree cheers for progress!
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