Une petite promenade

I had a good session with Remy today. We walked up the lane to the school and had a short in-hand session. He's beginning to be more consistently relaxed through his head and neck now, keeping a nice stretch forward. We had a really nice giravolta on each rein, some nice shoulder-in, both on the circle and down the long side and some rein-back to walk on, followed by a couple of rein-back to trot. He's coming a little softer in the trot on the lunge, starting to get the relaxation we're getting in the walk. He falls on his inside shoulder on the right rein trot and it's difficult to keep his shoulder up and out and so get a relaxed inside bend. Today, I practiced one or two rein-back to trot and then asked him to lift and yield his shoulder in walk and then ask for the trot transition. He seems to find it funny that I'm trotting along beside him, but we got a few nice, balanced steps. I couldn't resist a sit-on at the end of the session so I rode him back down the lane, with a litte diversion up the track to chat with our neighbour.
Anky's still miserable this morning. She was unsettled last night, but ate some hay and a little feed this morning. She's at the bottom of the garden today ( a little change of scenery) and although she's been lying down, she's been eating a little grass too. It's been so nice today they've all had a little snooze in the sunshine.