Lemon squeezy

My first thought this morning when I woke up was "Wilson! Riding!"

It took me ages to tack up because I kept snogging him, he is absolutely delicious. I'm gratified that he's turning into a real mummy's boy, hehehe.

We worked on our squares again and he was utterly fantastic. Our first walk-trot transition was a bit ropey but almost before I could bring him back to walk and do it again he had got his act together, so we didn't bother doing it again and just enjoyed what we had.

We'd worked on left bend yesterday and it was much better today. Well, I say much better - it was, but it's still fairly embryonic. But we're moving in the right direction.

I had a lightbulb moment while practising canter transitions. They have been utterly utterly vile and horridge and today I thought I'd see what happened if I didn't try so hard! I sat back (not enough, I'm pretty sure I still tipped forward a bit), gave the inside rein away, and let the canter happen. There was no hand for him to come against and he sort of poured into canter, carrying himself to a greater extent than usual.

So I was very pleased with that but I'm even more pleased with our sitting trot practice because it's starting to feel doable. Not for some considerable time, I don't think, but when we first started I was quite despondent about it because I didn't think I'd EVER even come close to it. It's still jolly difficult though and I doesn't like it.

Finished our session and I don't think I even broke sweat, it was all so easy today. I wonder how I'd fare on a different horse!