I think we are working on something good; every ride feels like an improvement, but it’s still a big muddle. We teetering on the edge of an upgrade – I can sense it, I swear!
So, quick notes for the interim while we chip away at this:
- I love the new Wide Barrel Loose Ring Comfort Level 1 Myler Snaffle I recently purchased, and I think Copper does too! I think he finds the mouth piece much more comfortable than the French Link Loose Ring Snaffle he was in, as it is thinner as well as shaped. Boy, that horse has a really fat tongue. He also can’t lock his jaw around this new bit so easily which means less running off against my seat/hands. A very good thing.
- Loads of transitions and longitudinal flexion has turned out to be a natural progression in terms of his schooling; not the step backwards that I thought it was. He is eating it up and behold! The back has been discovered! This has resulted in some moments of honest-to-goodness throughness and connection over his back. Yippeee!
All in all, I am super happy with the new direction our rides have taken, and I am so keen to keep exploring this. A level up definitely looms ahead!
I might actually be able to start working in circles again! Haha!! Only an OCD Dressage Diva could possibly be thrilled about riding on a twenty meter circle, but there you are. :D
See ya,
bonita
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