Showing Off

Last night I had a fabulous ride on Blu. We started with some lunge work to loosen him up. You can see him relaxing and stretching through his topline. He will drop his nose to the ground! When I got on his back was easy to sit on and he was very comfortable in all gaits. The right lead will always be the challenge but it was not sticky and he did not resist as much as I have felt in the past. We did some transition work -- walk/ halt, halt/ trot , walk/ canter and he was great. I also threw in some rein back to really focus his hind end. Then we did a little lateral work at the trot and off to canter in that big beautiful indoor arena. We worked the whole arena at the canter and his flying lead changes were just spot on. Several old friends and the barn owner stopped to watch his work. One of them commented on how much more relaxed we looked together since last she saw us ride in a clinic. Very nice to hear!!!

After cooling out, I groomed him and put him away a happy boy. He is very settled in his new stall. There is always hay waiting for him so why wouldn't he be happy :-)