Fultonvale with Indy again

Tania and I met at Fultonvale again today. It was a fair bit cooler today than last time, but still sunny. I brought Indy again as I wanted to work on getting her to yield to my leg pressure better. Last time she moved into my leg as much as away and had a tendency to buck if I added pressure (hop and toss her head more like).

Anyway, after playing with her lots in the field in the last week doing just the porcupine game, today's leg yields were much better. Tania thought so too. She's still better at the walk than the trot, but she did start getting better at the trot as well at the end of our session.

Tania worked on more life in her backup with Jack. She's been coming along great with him. He's a gorgeous horse and he's really starting to come along well.

It's been great having Tania around. She sees a lot of stuff I'm missing. One of which is that Indy tosses her head a lot and it's because I'm blocking her too much with heavy hands on the reins. I left her head alone and her response to my leg got much better! Go figure hey?

Attached are some photos of Indy doing some side passes. Cues are really exaggerated (weight-shift, leg off on the side she's moving to, open direct rein ...). She's been such a great horse, I think I may reconsider selling her!!

After we finished working in the arena, I followed Tania and Jack outside for a wander through the trees, alongside the road and out on the grass around the arena. Indy was fantastic. Her first ride "outside" -- away from home and away from the arena. I think we're definitely ready to try some trail riding.