oldie48
Well-Known Member
It was a glorious morning and I was so surprised by how warm it was. After warming Mr D up we moved on to an exercise which I found really helpful and seemingly very simple. Basically a turn down the centre line with a downwards transition followed by an upwards transition. I started with the walk/halt /walk. then trot/walk/trot, canter/ trot /canter and lastly canter/walk/ canter. (could have done trot/halt/trot as well!) Just a few steps of the lower pace and a turn either to the left or the right back onto the short side so I could make a right turn or a left turn back onto the centre line. It really does test just about everything, just making an accurate turn onto the C line and staying straight is a good test in itself without thinking about the rhythm and contact etc. It also made Mr D quite buzzy, which I rather like. I do struggle to sit on his big trot so I got the wrong lead in canter/trot/canter as I'd lost my balance and wasn't clear enough with my canter aid tbh I found the canter/walk/canter so much easier. Good exercise all round.
