We had such a good lesson today! So proud of him :wub: My instructor said he was stepping through really well and his back is much freer. We’ve been working on transitions, as ever, but we’ve been putting in lots of walk to canter, as well as trot to canter, along with the walk & trot work and he’s really getting stronger and fitter as well as working better. He was superb today! Really feel like we’re getting somewhere. :yahoo:

In super brave news I’ve booked myself on a ‘clinic & compete’ at the yard where my instructor works. It’s a fairly low stress way of getting into the competition thing; there’ll be three people doing intro B on 18 April when I’m going, we get a brief clinic on how to ride the test and then do a mini competition. Everyone gets a rosette, no need to dress up, and my instructor is teaching so it won’t be with a stranger. So that’s it; committed now! Proper competitions after that. 😮