I have had to face the fact that I can't do everything on my own and Charlie needs more help.
Firstly we are on a diet the thoughts are that the grazing is too rich with a lot of clover. In an effort to ease the stretching exercises I have been offering too many treats including a Molassed lick.
He needs to lose weight and seems also to react very silly to sugar levels.
So in by day small Haynet and out at night no feed no treats. Amazingly is my big boy upset with the removal of sweeties and feed from his diet? Nope he is just as loveable and is delighted to come in to his Haynet everyday.
Hacking by me has been temporarily abandoned as we had another bad hack last weekend and I don't think it helps now when anxious Annie is astride.
So my delicious trainer Alastair is schooling him and teaching me once a week and then hacking out or riding in the field once a week. In between I am riding in the school or taking him down to the field and trying to de-spook him.
We have identified that he is not cantering properly he throws his head up and doesn't work properly from behind so that is our next challenge.
I am pleased to report, however, that when I lunged him in the Pessoa today his canter strike off was much improved. I haven't tried this for some time and he had been doing a semi rear and leaping forward into canter when i did it a couple of months ago.
Interestingly reading back that is how his trot transition used to be so there is improvement here.
And my next challenge.....to ride him as we'll as Alastair.
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