Star....10/9/10

Saturday (10/9/10)

Star was much better today.  She will most likely always be a "reactive" horse, but the more confidence she has in her rider....the less of this she will show.  We started out working to the "slow downs" and 3 days of consistently doing this has certianly paid off.  She was pretty solid in her stops at a walk and trot.  Now, I took the same principles and asked her to do this at a lope.  Started out asking for the stops at a walk, then a trot and finally a lope.  She got pretty excited when asked for more speed and the stop wasn't as nice.  But we moved from the "slow down" at a walk, to a trot, to a lope and back again several times.  Always keep in mind that this is a transition, so the more of these you can do the better off you will be.