Friday, August 22, 2014

These rides are why we stay in the sport


Today Tango was a dream. Not an ounce of tension in him, and he was totally through. He recieved an aid and said, "sure, I can do that!"

The ride did not resemble this:


Nor did it resemble this:


Instead, I felt like this:


In the nitty gritty, we rode Training Level Test 1 after a quiet warm-up, and he felt really good. Our canters were smooth, he moved away from my leg without fuss, and then we even did some shoulder-in both directions, and he felt good. Mostly he cantered super quietly, so that made me happy, as per above.

Knock on wood, but things are looking up with him!

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