Quick update, my first ride in over a week and a half:

– Forward really is the key to everything.

– I can’t really describe in words how satisfying it felt last night to be working on sitting Tristan’s trot down – half-halting and posting slowly to ask for scope and a bit of suspension and more through his back. Really good thinky stuff instead of fighting and stiffness.

– Last night, for the first time EVER, I had actual control of his outside shoulder in the canter. Just right, but – when I put my outside leg on, he spiraled in. I had him between four aids, on a 20m circle. I even said out loud to L. how weird it felt, having my horse that completely underneath me. Consequently, his canter smoothed out it was like all of a sudden riding a hunter hack and not my motorcycle mustang.

– \o/