Showed Stella to a potential buyer today. We spent 2 hours together and she rode her on the end. Stella was very tight and forward tonight, which I think made the buyer hesitant. She wanted a more finished horse.
It was very nice to get Stella into all gaits, though. She relaxed eventually, but it took a bit of time. She wanted to throw his nose high and we worked through that. She just needs more time to relax under saddle.
I was very pleased with her!
Great, great session. Trotting and finding relaxation! Cantering and finding an engaged back and less rushing. Had 2 incidents where she thought to go around the barrel one way and I the other. Both times, she nearly lost me. It scares her when her rider loses balance. She's moving fast and she's so supple and bendy that I can feel like riding a snake with wings for a minute.
She made some really nice changes today! Her headset was lower more often, she found reason to pop her head up high way less, she was trotting slower and hardly ever frantically.
Her warm up was way more connected! After the ride, she didn't leave my side. So pleased.
Long session today. Played online for a bit. Worked with django on maintain gait, cod and canter departs.
Rode django for a long time. Counterarcs, right lead canter, right side suppleness, bends, bends and bends... he was pretty tired, but he did very well. He started off blowing me off, but ended very signed on to the partnership. His counterarcs improved dramatically. His right bend for much softer and his mouth was finally quiet at the end. He spends a lot of energy trying to find comfort in the snaffle bit without success so I focused on setting it up for him to find it.
Loved this session. Feel good about relating this back to his owner and jerking her find the feeling I found with him.
