Now that I've got Remy going out and about, I've decided to do much more hacking and less in the school. To be honest, I think he's a bit bored of it, and although I love going in the school, I think we'll learn as much, if not more by hacking out.
He makes more of an effort hacking out and he's certainly more active behind, so we'll still go in the school, but not as much as we have been.
We were out for just over an hour today. We used our shortcut to the lovely grassy track ride and, although he was looking at stuff and had a couple of big spooks at a big grey water trough, he coped really well.
Coming home he was very forward and at one point, went into a really powerful trot, which I'm going to have to learn to ride and regulate! The track goes up a nice long hill, so next time I'll ask him to trot up there and it'll give him time to come back to me and find his balance.
I wanted to do something with Bonbon this afternoon, but the wind got quite strong and blustery. Instead, I made a quiche and and egg custard - can you tell we have a surplus of eggs!
My Life, My Horses and My Attempts to Train the Classical Way
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Can't beat a bit of hacking..... :-)
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