Windy night again, George had the wind up him as he kept believing that there were monsters in the trees coming to get him so hence he kept falling in, in certain parts, going past the trees, eyes out on stalks head bent ready to see the monsters, he calmed right down after a while, but didn't start out well when he got a fright at the dog and almost trampled me on the ground, luckily for some reason this time he decided over me wasn't the best action, I was rather thankful though that he didn't have shoes on as my toes were a bit worse for wear! Canter work wasn't bad, bad lead was terrible first time, falling in and rushing, second time was much more balanced, not rushing and really listening. His trot work is much better on his bad side now, he's not falling in so often and we're getting some really nice bend at times, its getting closer and closer to being the same as his good side, so that in itself is really pleasing as he's the master of the evade.
Shannon has per usual the little show off, had a fantastic ride on JimJim. Lovely outline at trot, really moving along nicely and then her canter work even though not in an outline is getting stronger, she really struggles with Jim wanting to go down a gait. But they're getting the right strike off every time now, and her canters are getting longer and longer. At the moment we're only working in half the paddock as Cheeky is being strip grazed currently in the other half, so not a particularly big area to be working the two with a shelter in the middle and jumps scattered around the outside.
Fingers crossed today will be okay, its looking pretty dark and miserable out there at the moment. I so want to ride tonight, were on a roll.
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