Thursday, 2 April 2009

Eureka



Beautiful day today, sunny and warm.
I took Anky in the school to continue from yesterday. For the first time I felt that we were on the same wavelength. She was calm and listening. She felt much more relaxed and flexible. The walk was much straighter, fairly good soft halts with good walk transitions. So, I am happy.
We managed some leg yield on both reins. A better feel, yielding away from my right leg, but a definate improvement yielding to the right from my left leg with a much more genuine bend.

Before I took her up to the school I worked on some flexions at halt on the yard, she got it almost immediately. It seems to have transferred to the ridden work and I'm hoping it has sunk in.
She was very relaxed at the end of the session so I took her down the chemin, but her ever so slightly neurotic alter ego took over ;-)
She gets very on her toes, and I do quite like her like that, she becomes very mobile and flexible, but I do wish she wouldn't spook quite so much when she's on her own!!!
Anyway a good day, one or two eureka moments.

2 comments:

Claire said...

good.

trudi said...

I always feel the sun helps, good to have those moments.