I rode Rory today after a quick longe. I did have to remind him about standing still for mounting. He fussed at the mounting block, not wanting to stand still and swinging his bum away then backing up. He was okay the second time.
I rode for almost fifteen minutes. Started with walking and asking him to give me a nice yield to the rein as we turned. He was better on the left rein. Walked over the poles a couple of times. His trot was a bit lazy at first, and he was shaking his head when I pushed him more forward. He did settle, but seemed not quite right. Not lame, just not his usual self. I asked him to do a few steps of leg yield which he did willingly enough. By this point he was yielding to the rein better as we turned.
I hopped off and moved the video camera down to sit on the mounting block so I could tape him walking and trotting away from and towards the camera. I didn't see anything off in the video, but there was something wrong today.
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