A little "Wow" moment.

I rode Anky today, we went for a hack with Jim and Corky.
It was a lovely morning, not too hot and luckily not too many flies. I supplied the horses with natty little fly fringes for the occasion.

We went our usual circular ride and Anky was very calm and in a kind of couldn't care less, follow the leader mood. That was ok, she was fairly forward and relaxed and I wanted a nice quiet ride.
Horses always know when you get to the point where your direction changes towards home and at this point Anky decided that, yes, she could quite happily get us home from that point and took the lead.
There is a horsey place on the way back and the track takes you between two of their fields. It's lovely at this time of year as there are always several mares and foals in the fields. Our horses have never really been worried by this, they're interested but not stupidly so. Today one of the mares was on top form and started running around the field, other mares and foals in tow. Anky was quite concerned by this and I'm not sure if she wanted to join in or get away, anyway she spun round and as we had electric fences on either side of us, after my little episode with Corky (here) the other day, we decided to trot on.
Wow, as soon as I asked her for trot, she bounced up and forward into my hand, carrying herself like a pro. It was really great! A lovely light, forward feeling, active and soft in the hand.
I've done hardly any trot work with her and certainly never had a trot like this before (probably never will again LOL) so I now know exactly what I'm aiming for!!
When we got to the top of the track, came back to walk, she was still on her toes, but listening. She calmed very quickly and for the remainder of the ride was forward and relaxed with some nice stretching and softening to the hand.
I think it was one of the best rides I've had with Anky. It's made my day.