Time for a little change

31 October 2011 1 Comment

Ro felt really good in our ride today, and it showed in the canter, which was very balanced and more relaxed than it has been.

So, just for kicks, I decided to change direction across the arena, ask for a flying change, and see what she would do.

I figured she’d either stay in the counter canter—and she was balanced enough that that would be no big deal—or she’d change. She’s done changes before, so I know she has them in her, but it’s usually when she does something goofy like jump a shadow. I wanted to see if she’d change when I asked her to.

And she did.

I’m not talking about a go-into-the-ring Third Level Flying Change here, but it was clean, it came from behind, and she made the change when I cued with my inside hip and outside leg.

So, naturally, we tried it the other way, just to see if it was fluke.

Nice clean change again.

Such a good girl.

Then we galloped around like hoodlums, just because.

I’m happy, Ro’s happy.

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