Took the orange one to Epsom Downs on Saturday with a friend hoping to give him some fast work but the ground was a bit hard in most places and he wasn't overly enthusiastic about bothering to go fast. He is such a lazy shite - when it suits him he'll happily gallop everywhere but if he cant be bothered then he wont put any effort in at all! Am missing taking him hunting this winter as that normally perks him up considerably.
Sunday went down to Sands Farm in the snow! He warmed up badly - putting in little extra strides, not thinking forwards at all. Tried to razz him up with some direct transitions like we did with Warren at BE JT on Thur but he just wasn't interested. Surface very deep in the warmup so that didn't help. Round one was only 80cm and just tried to keep a nice rhythm and keep him going forwards esp round the tight corners and did an ok job going clear and no real sticky jumps with nice strides in the double and the related distances. Cold wait until 2nd round, still warmed up crap. Jumps up to 85cm. Better round as had walked the course so knew which turns were tight and rode them properly then rode out of them and got a nice smooth clear.
So, double clear but not as nice as would have liked - would be nice if he showed a bit more enthusiasm! Dont want to up his feed energy really as suspect will have psycho horse on my hands next week come eventing but be nice if he wakes up a bit for combined training this Sunday or 100 will feel big!
Physio this morning - she was pleased with how he is muscling up and how he is looking now. Little tight base of RHS neck over his joint and the usual slight tightness right glutes. Small circle to the right less willing to step under and cross over. Tiny bit quarters right trotting in straight line. Generally all good though. Cont carrot stretches but let him hold head further out to the right so he doesn't tilt - concentrate on holding stretch to left to stretch out RHS. Also grab RH from LHS and stretch forward and under his body and hold. If possible get him to rest foot on ground in that position. See him again after first 3 events.
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