Rode in the arena this morning in the mist very spooky (for me not the horse). started off with walking for 10 mins when I asked for trot he felt rather stiff......a bit like me really, I asked for a canter to loosen him off, after a little buck he shuffled into canter, once around the arena and I could feel him stretch and lengthen and generally seemed to un knot himself, back to trot......felt much better, even when he is fitter cantering him at the beginning of a session really seems to help and it wakes him up and he becomes more focused on what is required.
I think we can get into the rut of fanning about instead of just getting on with it, I am sure they loose the will, while we are being concerned about what might be!!
He has been a stuffy horse all his life but.......... he has never been fed for hard work!!!!!
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