Today I worked on collecting and extending Cassies trot. She did quite well. I was reall yhappy. Was listening to all my aids. I also did some counter flexing, turns on the forehand. ANd I got my sisters horse to do a turn on the forehand (never done it before)

Our canter transistions are still pretty ugly. Really got to work on those a lot. She isnt flexing at the poll when she canters but I just have to remember it will come in time, just like it did at the trot.

And...

On Sunday I rode Cassie. Again, she was a saint. So many bugs harassing her and she was still nice enought to listen to me.

Once we were warmed up we started working on her flexion. Had her doing more truns on the forehand, serpentines. She was bending nicely again, lucky me !

We worked on her canter transisions. Man are they ever getting better! I find I am more able to use my legs independently and actually tell her what I am looking for. I am also working on her...

So Today I rode Cassie and she was an angel. Despite all the stupid horse/deerflies

Once we were warmed up we started with some bending at the walk. Once she was flexing at the poll I got her to do some turns on the forehand and leg yeilding at the walk. Then we moved up to the trot. She was bending so beautifully. We worked on gait adjustibility. So not really collecting extending (not sure were completely ready yet) but just getting her to slow her trot and once she was going slow...

So I thought my blog would be a good thing to use as my training journal with Cassie.

So I will just talk about what we did in our rides, how competitions went etc.

The last time I rode Cassie was on Sunday. We did a lot of beding exercises and at the end we did a small 2 stride line. I had her collected enough to add in an extra stride too (never able to collect that much before)

On Wednesday I went to go ride and Cassie had a nice big cut on her knee...