Well the county fair is over and the lambs have moved onto greener pastures. It was a busy week and not much was accomplished as far as the horses were concerned. But, back to riding yesterday!
Since Star has had a few days off, I thought it would be a good idea to review some of the things we have been working on up to this point. Traveling straight, flexion (both lateral and vertical), moving off of my leg cues, ect. After a warm up to loosen her mind and muscles, we moved into these things. As I have said before, she is really right brained and that makes her overly responsive to any cues. Meaning her actions were a "get away" rather than a "move" response. So, until she calmed a little her responses were fast. After she was in her "left mind" (thinking side) she really started responding well and was willing to try whatever I asked of her. Still wanted to be quick and fast, but almost 10 days off will get you that. Not riding today (Wednesday), but we should get some good rides in the rest of the week.
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