january 16, 2022

Did groundwork in the side position with Karl. He started out with a lot of emotion and freshness, but I stayed consistent so we worked through it. He found some great relaxed moments. I’m figuring out the S-changes more and we had some fluid ones each side where I could move the shoulders around me. He didn’t turn in on the lunge, just made faces in the beginning but once he realized I was being quite fair, he settled and has really balanced canter transitions. I ended in the groundwork side position where he was relaxed and attentive to me. Very nice considering the temps and day off.