The chasse were out today so I rode Remy on the yard. We worked on circles at walk. He feels like he's gaining confidence now and is really starting to release through his neck and he's much more consistently soft in his mouth. We did some shoulder-in, counter shoulder-in, starting to combine lateral movements. and then started on renvers. This has been difficult for us as hes found it difficult to move in the direction of the bend. We've prepared for it in two ways on the circle. First by starting in counter shoulder-in and then moving the quarters around into renvers, and today we started in shoulder-in on the circle and then I asked him to change to flexion outside, keeping his shoulders in and continuing around the circle. He got it today, for the first time it was there, just a few steps, but he was relaxed and soft enough to enable him to offer it. We finished on a longer rein, circles on each rein, well balanced, with good even bend. I'm excited! What a good boy!
I took Bonbon on the yard, circles at walk, asking her to relax and stretch with inside bend. Despite the change of routine, she was fairly relaxed and did well with moving her shoulders and quarters, stepping under nicely and keeping her shoulders up. We then had a short session in-hand, asking for a release and mobility of the jaw, flexions either side and walk/halt transitions on the circle. I wanted to sit on, but it was enough for today.
I finished by giving them their weekly hoof maintenance, so they all went out without their rugs, freshly rasped feet, and last seen happily snoozing in the glorious warm sunshine!
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