3/22/2013 Lesson

Boy, it felt good to be back in the saddle after a 2 week hiatus.  I rode Quincy in my lesson today.  He was a very good boy, especially for being only 4 yrs old!  We started out adjusting to his walk as he was trained western and has this really weird, slow, lopey kinda walk.  For that i worked on legs off completely and a very passive seat.  If he gets quicker into a "jog" walk he needed a strong hold on outside rein.  We then did trot work and then canter.  His canter button is interesting. He is nice to canter and he has to be round or he will pick his head up and might break.  He is more pissy with left leg, but it is still nice. We practiced a few halts and then worked on training 1 and intro b.