Yay!

Very successful session today. She was calm and relaxed and kept her head down very well, even with being hyped up yesterday. I started just leisurely walking and jogging her...trusting her on a looser rein. She does tend to veer off the rail while going around to the left (counter-clockwise), so i had to use my leg and rein a lot more to keep her on the rail. But, she's very light and neck reining decently now. I'm quite proud! I did have her lope again, and I decided it would be best to just keep her on the rail, and have her go where i want her to, before i start having her do circles. I want her to be able to build up some endurance and then I will work on collection.

I think before, she wasn't allowed to have her head, and therefore was not balanced, and therefore was resentful or reluctant to try to lope. I'm starting to trust her more and go with her movements, and I'm seeing a lot of improvement. I'm keeping an eye on her back to make sure she's not sore. She was a bit sore today, since I rode her hard yesterday (and I'm very sore, too!) so she's going to get the weekend off most likely. She's very light on the bit and is getting better with turning. All this basic control work and backing up and whatnot has done WONDERS for her control and her stopping power.

I'll keep working on her. I have to leave the 15th of May for Mackinac Island for the summer, so I'm trying to get as much done as I can in terms of training. I've been on this training class for over a year, but I've had so many challenges and other obligations to complete. I hope to finish it by the end of this year when I get home, but hard to say. I need money, that's for sure! So, the lazy horse gets yet another summer off. But, if I didn't have a job, I probably wouldn't have a horse, so this is all in good fun. :)

I'll be driving taxi this summer on the island, which will be new, but fun all the same. Hopefully i'll enjoy it.

Anyway, TTFN!