I haven't had much to say for a minute. It's not to mean that I haven't been playing with my favorite four-legged guy, I just haven't felt that we've had anything spectacular (or awful) to write about.
It was rainy for a good two weeks--Mort got stuck inside a lot. Only the indoor was available which meant a lot of arena-sharing (and I'm a selfish dressage human who wants to do more than ride along the rail). Mort kept his sanity and I held in my frustrations. We worked on the things that we always work on plus a few newer items.
I want him more "inside leg to outside hand" especially tracking left. I want less tension in the canter transitions. We've played with some poles--something he really is getting good with. We've started walk to canter transitions. I've ridden bareback a few times. Now that the rain has stopped we've hit the trails a couple times. He lost a shoe; we found the shoe.
Every ride I work hard to push him in some way but maintain a happy, relaxed horse who continues to improve and expand his comfort zone. Mort is really getting to be a fun, adjustable horse and I'm enjoying our journey together, but that's not always exciting blog fodder.
We have another schooling show this weekend. I'm signed up for First 1 and First 2. I'd potentially like to push for a bit more flash in his gaits. I need to ask for more stretch in the stretchy trot and more angle in the leg yields. It is a facility that we have only been to one other time (the same schooling show last year), but it was a nice organization with a fun show. Hopefully Mort brings some of his firecracker personality, but only enough to get pretty gaits and not enough to get too expressive in those canter transitions.
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