Hacking yesterday he was much more confident. He went out with a horse that spooked him before and, apart from a hiccup because of black fertiliser bags near the beginning which I tensed at, he was a good boy riding parallel with his buddy,leading past several things his buddy didn't like and only jumped in behind him once. Neither of them liked a man up a ladder with a hedge trimmer but who can blame them.
Canter work - Alastair tried him in canter today in the school and it has become obvious that while he canters well on the lunge when he has a rider on board he does one or two correct strides then the hocks trail out the back and he hollows badly. He did, however, have some nice moments. We will work on this in the field.
I have taken to pootling down to the field after lessons and letting him mooch and graze buckle end so that he sees the bottom field as a relaxed place to be.
Rolling....interestingly I washed him down after our lesson and pootle today.
He stood by the muck heap patiently while I washed him off and remained quietly stood when I chucked the last if the clean water over him. I should add that he wasn't tied up he just stood there for me. then turned him out naked and while I was chatting to someone on the subject of rolling he got down for a roll. Now hear this ....... he rolled and rolled and then flexed his back and flipped over so he did both sides. Whoop whoop result!
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