Beautiful day to work horses, and we got a good productive session in. There was a hay wagon parked in the indoor arena, so after tacking up we walked outside and I hopped on without any warmup whatsoever. She handled this just fine. In the outdoor arena she was a little jumpy, which I think was a combination of the windy conditions and being alone. I think it helps her when Maria or I am on the ground watching. Anyway, today I started to focus on inside bend when she spooked, rather than trying to keep the center of mass on the track. We did a lot of 5m circles along the outside of the ring and she softened nicely. Did this at the walk and trot. Canter work was messy and I did not work through it. The outdoor arena has a 5' drop on one long side, a wire fence on the other, and two harrows parked at one end. When she is cantering and spooky, it's not a good combination.
Shoulder in coming along nicely. We did a lot of backing, including backing in circles. We also trotted around barrels, went over the telephone poles, and sidepassed while straddling the telephone poles.
Finished with some solid trailer work in the side by side. I worked on tying her, by feeding the lead line through the ring and getting her to move forward off the pressure. Made a lot of progress and her confidence really improved.
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