G whizz!

I took George out for a whizz to get him sharper for Saturday. He loves a gallop! On the way up to the interval training field, he was doing all the stuff he does when I school to avoid properly using his back. So I kept him off the smooth tracks and put him on the rough, bumpy, tussocky grass and gave him a loose rein. There George, balance, or fall over! It worked really well, just like it did with Tia. Aren't I lucky to have such a range of schooling aids :-) ???

When I got back I schooled Zippy on the outdoor surface. What a canter transition he has. A quiet, big, step up and through into a balanced and rounded canter. He doesn't get it all the time, but most of the time he does. I had to canter him to get him to settle, and he went off on the wrong lead. I thought, "he'll stop and change it soon" but he didn't He counter cantered a perfect bend. Then another. And another. And in case you have the image of his piling round out of balance like a typical 4 year old, think again. This was elementary level quality counter canter :-0 Somehow I don't think that counter canter is going to present him with any training difficulties, do you? Every time I start to think "this is the one I could sell most easily", they do something that makes me think I couldn't possibly part with them!

Jazz had today off, and competes locally at dressage and showjumping tomorrow, for the first time in a very long while. We'll see what happens, shall we?

C