Yesterday, I continued the lateral work in walk and the trot transitions, concentrating on keeping him active behind. We got some nice shoulder-in on the long side, and the feeling of him really starting to open his shoulders. His reinback has become much more fluid and I really do think that we've got a handle on the trot, and a solid base to work from.
Today, I wanted to start walk to canter transitions. I know that if we can get him cantering, it will really improve the trot.
I started with some lateral work at walk - s/i, travers and counter s/i on each rein, then asking for the canter transition from a small loop in counter s'i back to the track. This has the effect of weighting the outside shoulder, freeing up the inside for the transition. It worked quite well, and he worked out fairly quickly what I wanted. A good start, I think.
I had a session with Bonbon and she was quite tense - unusual for her. Nevertheless, she lunged quite calmly. She was distracted in the ridden work, but settled a little and gave me some lovely walk/halt transitions.
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