Oct 7 2010
Prince was amazing today. We played in the field and we had a lot of fun but also we were able to play with our circles/canter/relaxation etc.
We started off on the 22ft line and did some Stick to me, sideways, and circles. Prince did an amazing job at the walk and trot and was so relaxed and connected so I decided to ask him into the canter. He did really well. At first he pulled some but then he relaxed and offered me half a circle with the belly of the rope on the ground. I decided to switch to the 45ft line and see if that helped any also. It made a huge difference. At first we just did walk/trot but that went so well that I asked Prince to canter. He went into the canter at a phase 1 and cantered a full lap with the belly of the rope on the ground!! It was so amazing!
Even to the left Prince had a much easier time picking up the left lead and keeping it. He cantered 3/4 of the lap to the left on the correct lead and so I brought him in. We also did Changes of directions and transitions. Prince was wonderful!!
Then we played with getting our yo-yo's with more speed. Prince is pretty light but when he gets to about 30ft away he looses some speed so we played with that and once he was putting more effort into backing up we finished that.
After that we had some fun doing zone 5 driving. At first we just did it with one rein. Prince was really light and responded very well. We did circles, yo-yo's and some point to point. Then we switched to two lines and did Figure eights at the walk and trot. We did one at the walk just to see where it was at since we haven't done them in a while but Prince was light, responsive and he knew the pattern so we took it to the trot. He did well maintained gait nicely along with staying light and sticking on the pattern.
We finished with doing stick to me at the canter in a straight line over to where mom was. Then I mounted up (from the ground too!!) and we rode home. The horses weren't in the corral though so we went back out to find them. Prince stayed with me at Liberty the whole way, stopping when I stopped, trotting when I got farther ahead etc. Then when we found the other horses he went and joined them.
I was really, really happy with how the session went. Prince was relaxed yet responsive and he tried so hard! It was really wonderful!
Naturally,
~Keri
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