Wednesday, February 21, 2007

small steps

towards letting me round to her right.

i started where i finished last night. had to spend some time moving her back end from her left, then going back to her standing in front of me and seeing if she'd let me toucht he right side of her face.

once.... i was round to her right hand side then she realised and moved back

then - and this wsa the good note we finished on - she let me move to her right hand side, and stayed there whilst we walked a small circle and that was so good i took her straight out of the arena .. although keeping her on my right whilst doing so. i had the bb on, and just applied a small amount of pressure to pull her head that way, very gently rather than pulling.

hopefully the weather will be such that we can do a small amount more tomorrow.

this is good!

and that it'll stay good to ride at the weekend.

1 comment:

Jean said...

Good for you! Not only are you slowly gaining Molly's confidence about the right, but you also knew the right moment to quit for the day. Sometimes that is the hardest training skill of all to learn.