Poor Dino has twanged something. A couple of weeks ago I asked for left canter at the end of a jumping session and he bucked. Didn’t really think about it too much as he was tired and we’ve been working hard. Monday last week he did it again, in my lesson, but right at the end. Bit concerning. Saturday *every* time I asked for left canter he bucked 🙁 He was most upset about going from trot to canter on the left. Walk to canter was ok and everything was fine on the right rein.

Monday I emailed our osteopath who said to pessoa him (I know, I know) for a couple of days and see whether it improved. So we’ve done three days of working in the pessoa and I do think he looks better this morning. Some video of him on the lunge here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/silkyraven/16235554933/ Waiting to hear what David wants me to do with him!

In confidence improving news I did something this morning I very very rarely do: I hacked out someone else’s horse – one I’d never ridden before at that 😮 A couple of my friends wanted to go out this morning and I was lamenting that I couldn’t join them as Dino isn’t quite right and Rosie offered to lend me her lovely mare Cleo for the morning. Was very weird riding what felt like a tiny pony (she’s 14HH?) with her little pony trot but she was as good as gold :db: