but on the other hand - there is something else as well.
You'd think she'd be bored with the arena and be more willing to go out, at least on a route she's been before.
Anyway, we got down to the bottom of the hill and through the gate into the 20 acre (which is always left open) but a few strides further on she stopped. she didn't try and turn round in usual style, unless i asked her to walk on ... eventually we saw george and sheila coming back, way over the far corner, and we weren't going to go forward then.
ended up back in the arena, and did get one really nice circuit of trot, with her soft!
but i keep saying, the arena's too small - can't get balanced... not enough room, so if you lose balance on a long side you haven't time to get it back before the corner...
You'd think she'd be bored with the arena and be more willing to go out, at least on a route she's been before.
Anyway, we got down to the bottom of the hill and through the gate into the 20 acre (which is always left open) but a few strides further on she stopped. she didn't try and turn round in usual style, unless i asked her to walk on ... eventually we saw george and sheila coming back, way over the far corner, and we weren't going to go forward then.
ended up back in the arena, and did get one really nice circuit of trot, with her soft!
but i keep saying, the arena's too small - can't get balanced... not enough room, so if you lose balance on a long side you haven't time to get it back before the corner...
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You are still getting somewhere, even if it isn't precisely where you want to go. You are in the saddle, out towards the 20 acre and you had a good soft circle. You couldn't say most of that several months ago.
I bigger arena surely would be better. Kind of frustrating, I imagine.
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