First lesson in the double bridle and he seemed to accept it well. He did object when the curb chain was done to correct tightness though so had to have it looser and just watch not to use too much and end up with horizontal curb. Will need to get a curb guard for it.
Have to make sure to not let reins get too long as he tends to just sneak out the contact. Watch the amount of bend in the lateral work and make sure the shoulders lead in the HP, esp in canter. Need to get more inside bend before starting the canter HP as then he moves across much better. In the simple changes keep the walk collected, he get long and strung out then finds it hard to step back up to canter. In the canter down the centre line think shoulder-fore. Do lots of LY and HP in the warmup rather than too many circles to get him supple and thinking sideways.
In general she said we were doing really well and especially the HP has come on loads. Given how well his changes are coming on we should be aiming for Advanced Medium next year - pretty chuffed with that!
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