11/10 :-)

George is now jumping a tad short of a metre. And thrilled to be doing it too. He chose to take canter several times today and has improved in technique again from last time. I've nothing much else to say about him really, he's just ace. SH put a course up at over three feet. George jumped it. 20 minutes gone of our hour, and that was the job done!

I did put my stirrups down, and back onto the schooling bars, and do a circuit of canter on each lead. He finds it hard to hold the canter and wants to drop back to trot, but he did it beautifully rounded, if a bit fast. A great improvement from last week.

I am getting more and more confident again myself. If I'd had to ride Jazz to get back into jumping after "that" fall, I doubt if I could have done it. Talk about George being in the right place at the right time.

It's back to winter here again. They were in last night because it was so cold and wet. This morning it was 5 degrees C and raining hard so they are in winter rugs again. We got a bit wet showjumping, but it had slackened off by then and it could have been a lot worse.

We are all set for next week now. Jetset George is primed and ready for lift-off :-)

C