I rode Maddie at Wendy's again today. She started off with a lot of impulsion and great softness--Wendy was watching and even commented on how nice our trot circles looked. I set up some cones this time and played around with a giant beach ball that was sitting in the arena. I worked on getting that pesky right half pass back, and did nice turn on the haunches in both directions. Canter was the same story--difficult to keep her going. Today she also cross-fired something fierce. The cross fire is a mental problem--a way of saying "I'm too nervous to canter properly." I am going to keep coming back and challenging her with this arena until she gets it. As I expected, once we were outside on the trails, she could canter beautifully on either lead.
The ride home was fun--we visited with Lizzie who was tearing around on her tb. I practiced rollbacks along the edge of the hayfield again, and finished with some trailer loading practice. I have been bringing the trailer along and tying her to the side when I tack up for the past 2 days as well.
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