Had a really bad day but a really wonderful lesson today. Got on completely miserable, but somehow over the course of the ride I began to feel a bit better (at least for a few minutes). Indy is so wonderful for rides like this, he's really quite happy going around basically on the buckle and does just about everything right. We trotted him over some poles today, which I haven't done literally in years (the last few horses I've ridden I have not jumped or done any pole work with). It was fun, I could really feel Indy's stifles pop up when he really got moving over the poles and picking his feet up. He really seemed to enjoy this new exercise, really pepping up but not in a bad way. Another interesting exercise Mia had me do after she was satisfied with the pole work was changing my diagonal on the up beat instead of sitting into it - with his very, very bouncy trot it does help to do that! I just have to remember to do that, changing on the down beat is so automatic now.
I swear Indy knew I needed a really good lesson today and was happy to oblige! But really he's just an all-around good boy who tries his best.
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