well the schooling went out of the window Friday & Saturday too,
the school was so boggy Todd decided all he was interested in was sidestepping the huge puddles & deep boggy patches. Although we did manage some walk trot & canter. Was very pleased with his responsiveness too, in fact at one point i only thought trot when in canter & trot we did
Sunday i decided to go for a mad hack with my friends, in the past we have had major problems with Todd deciding to tuck his head down to his knees & tank off with me!
we found a new bridle path this time which we tacked on to one of our other rides! and he was a lil star! in fact from a flat out gallop we went back to steady canter and back to trot (at the end of the field) all i did was drop the reins and pat his neck. awww lil love B) he seems to really like his pelham too, he mouthed & foamed soo much, never known him to really mouth or foam up on a bit, he'd foamed so much it was being blown away by the wind!
we had one lipizzaner impression cause he thought the others were going without him! i.e. airs above the ground & canter passage :lol: but he didn't pull his head about or fight me i just merely sat there closed my legs around him, said NO and tried to remember how to use my retarding aid too
the only problem i had was he was walking along lovely with his head & jaw relaxed, although no where near working on the vertical :unsure: but when i asked for trot, his head would pop up, i tired to squeeze alternately on the reins, and eventually he would lower slightly - im hoping this would could with time
BUT ON THE WHOLE IM
very happy, ive never know him seem so happy & content in a bit before! and i seem to be coping fine now with the extra set of reins! although the girls did have to wait once or twice for me to gather them up after gates etc., before bombing off at a gallop :lol:
