Tuesday's lesson went really well. Jessie was a little distracted by other horses in the indoor, but I think those distractions are good for him, since there will be a lot more going on at a show! We warmed up long and low and worked on sidepassing a little. I had zero energy and Jessie was playing off of that, so we weren't very forward, especially in the beginning. We added a new exercise to our rides...cantering a 10 meter circle directly off the rail, and then riding a diagonal line back to the wall when only halfway through the circle, breaking down to a trot between the quarterline and the wall. Our transitions period are pretty sticky right now, so it was interesting. That combined with the fact that Jessie thought for sure we were supposed to be working on flying changes. He did some beautiful simple changes though, as we got the hang of the exercise. We did some shoulder in, and had a near perfect go between two letters when going counter clockwise. He was actually carrying himself along, it was *wonderful*!!!
One thing that gave me warm fuzzies was when discussing Jessie's weight Kim commented that he works hard, she doesn't hold back with us and asks a lot more of us than she normally would because we seem to be able to handle it. It was nice knowing that my stubborness pays off sometimes! There have been plenty of times during lessons that we had trouble keeping it together, but I think that in the long run pushing through has helped.
Hopefully tomorrow's lesson goes as well.
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