3/4 hour

ridden work, in walk, in the arena. YAY. one of the chaps came roudn with me, we took a chair, he held her head whilst i got on. and shut the gate so she coulnd't nap out.

She went really well... considering she hadn't been ridden since well before christmas, i was really pleased.

Interestingly, having the suberpanel underneath makes it feel narrower - seems to add a bit of a "twist" feel to the saddle, which i'm not going to argue with.

a very forward walk, i was working on just ensuring my hands/fingers were right, pushing her round corners with my outside leg rather than pulling her round with my inside hand! did some nice half circles (just about lose it on a full circle, but the half voltes are good!)

she's working out the sideways push of the leg, helped by thinking about where to put it!

and we have much more control of her shoulders - no where near what it could be, but compared to what i had pre December, a major improvement.

stopped when the last person in the barn switched the lights off, as after that I'd be on my own.. anyway, it was pretty damn cold!

subject to the weather (and a potential trip to Sheffield on Wednesday, it doesn't look as though the case will settle till we get to the door of the court!) will try and ride if only for 5 minutes a night from now on....

the suberpanel i reserve judgement on for her. she doesn't object to it, but i do need to keep an eye on the fabric underneath. when I had a suberpad under the cheyenne, the fabric wrinkled. having said that, the cork felt looser in that than it does in this...