Much Better!

3:00-4:11 p.m
Temp: 38.2 °F

I took me a while to decided that I wanted/needed to ride today. It has been cold and cloudy, nothing like yesterday, the only thing that reminds me of the nice day is my sun burn :).

We started out exactly like yesterday, warm-up at the walk and trot, we had some good stops and backing. Crickett even did a really nice haunch turn to both sides. Her stopping is getting better and better, she is digging more in with her hind end and popping up less too. Crickett barely pinned her ears when I asked for a transition, and did not refuse a single one!

About a half hour into it Crickett had a nice balanced trot going, so I gently asked for a lope, and after a few strides she broke into a nice easy slow one. I let her go about 6 strides before I brought her back down to a trot. She was great, not a buck the entire rest of the ride!

I think that yesterday she was just not into working like this for the first time in a few months. Once I get over the first really bad day she tends to settle down just fine and really get into her old groove.