A little catch up. Saturday, hacked out with Jim. Anky was quite good, a little nappy a couple of times, but she went when asked. We discovered a new track and had a good ride.
Sunday, had a lovely day out in Perigueux with my friend Bev, the weather was glorious but very hot and tiring.
Today I took Anky in the school. I started with stretching on a long rein and she seemed better today. Then we worked on walk halt transitions and she seemed more steady in the hand and a little more relaxed. She seemed straighter on the left rein today. Practised a few turns on the haunches and then some walk trot transitions. She's still rushing into the transition,but it seemed a little better today.
We finished as we started with some stretching on a long rein.
I dismounted to clear some droppings from the school, so I put up the stirrups and tied the reins through the throat lash. I went to get the shovel leaving her standing at the gate. As I set off walking away from her she just followed me. As I moved, so did she, we ended up walking all around the arena, changing directions, halting , circling. She was very relaxed and very focussed on me, it was great.
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Sounds like a lovely few days.
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