Exceptional day today! I'm sorry I did not have a camera available, but my daughters were otherwise occupied.
Spent a little more time on the ground work than I have in the past couple of days, which was very benificial to her. I rode today with a long stick tucked under my arm. I used it as an encouragement for forward movement, so I would have to keep kicking her in the sides. I want a horse to be sensitive when i put any kind of pressure on thier sides and yesterday I found myself having to kick a little more than I wanted to. I asked her to trot a lot more than before, but I would squeeze with my cheeks (not the ones on my face) and upper thighs. If she didn't move, I would tap her in the hind end with my stick. Did this quite a lot and she was really starting to respond to my seat before rides' end. Worked on turning at a trot and stopping from a trot, also.
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