On a mission tonight. Cant decide if it's the new boots again or that he hasn't done much this week - had Mon/Thur off and only did short hacks on Tue/Wed.
So initially I felt he worked really well. We did a warmup in trot and canter on both reins. First left canter he pretended he didn't understand me so I made it really clear bringing my outside leg back and then he seemed to get it.
Then we worked on walk-sitting trot-walk followed by halt-sitting trot-halt and a rein back to trot on each rein. Am finding sitting trot much easier - think he is softer over his back so just need to gradually build up more of it as everything is so much easier in sitting trot if you're doing it well! Then we did some trot-canters and some canter-trot-canter on a 20m circle as that is in one of my Novices that I've entered BD for after New Yr. Established I am rubbish and cant do a few strides of sitting trot then back to canter with flailing all over the place so need to come back to rising trot then back to canter. Did some G&R in canter and all was good.
Gave him a walk break and then did some walk to canter and he just went la la. Had incorrect strike offs on both reins (normally only the right), couldn't cope with counter canter - got knickers in a right knot - definitely couldn't cope with canter to walk even though he did it quite nicely on both reins eventually. It was dark by this point and had no money on me for school lights so that might have been freaking him a bit.
Gave up in the end, settled him in a stretchy trot on both reins and ended it there. More work needed I think!
Lesson tomorrow cancelled as forecast is hideous - more and more bloody rain. Very frustrating as need lessons! Not got any planned at the moment :(
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