September 13, 2011 - Two days in a row

Looking for the perfect rolling spot.

Since I plan to ride Rory in the show arena on Saturday afternoon/evening before the Cup Qualifiers on Sunday I decided to to a test run of riding two days in a row just to see if he'd be any different on the second day.  Overall he seemed to be just as willing to go as he usually is and gave me a good ride.

I rode inside for about 20 min.  I kept things simple and did a little trot and canter mostly going large or on 20m circles.  We managed to canter all the way around the arena on both leads, and had a couple of drifts towards the door, but didn't break from trot.  Rory had a few "don't want to turn that way" moments, and I just kept quietly asking him to turn.  Once he almost hit the wall when he turned at the last possible moment and halted with my leg touching the wall.  He was a bit better next time - the turn was very sharp but he kept the trot.  The third time round the circle was very good.  We walked around outside to cool out.