One, two, three...........

Started with Remy today. A short session in-hand. He was tired and distracted so we kept it simple with walk/halt transitions, trying to keep the neck soft and long. I've been thinking about his focus and the need to quicken his reactions, so worked on the ask, having been reminded of the old concept, 'do as little as possible and as much as necessary', which is easy to overlook when concentrating on several things at once (hehe, for me anyway).
Anky was next and we worked again in the school, in-hand first, asking for a release over the neck, keeping the relaxation. She was more relaxed today and the left rein felt much better from the start. She was fine ridden and kept the relaxation on both reins. She showed no discomfort again during the session, but when we returned to the stables she started stretching (as she would stretch to pee) but still wanted to eat. I don't know what to think now, I've seen her stretching in the field on and off during the afternoon, but she came in for a feed mid afternoon and also ate her tea.??????
I figure it's time to start doing more with Bonbon so I tied her up outside for a good grooming session which she loves and then took her into our new mega chook run for some grass as it's far too long and we can't see the chooks. This was a new experience and she was handling it very well, out there on her own, chooks pecking on the muck heap, all the others in the stable. She was eating the grass, but her ears were going ten to the dozen and every few seconds she stopped chewing just so that she could listen. At one point she raised her head and looked intently down the field. I just stood quietly with her and she put her head back down to eat, but whatever she'd heard, it got the better of her and suddenly she just squealed and legged it to the top of the run. I couldn't have held her and I let go of the rope immediately and Jim caught her at the top. I went up to collect her and she didn't seem too upset so I walked her back down and after a couple of minutes of looking, with small squeals ( I could tell she was really thinking of going back up to the top, but she didn't) with me talking gently to her to keep her attention, she settled and began to eat again. I led her round quietly, and gradually we worked our way back to the top of the run. I had in mind that she may get a bit worried once she'd turned her back on whatever had bothered her before, but she stayed calm and we reached the top with no problems. She's a sweetie (why do you think we called her Bonbon!).