We started the new year with a nice ride in the cold, windy morning. It was sunny, but man was it brutal. I am super thankful for fleece pants and indoor riding arenas! (there would have been no riding outside - the ground was an ice cube!) Deuce warmed up his usual self. I did turn on the fore squares to get him responsive to my aids and focused on using my seat and keeping my knuckles together.
Now that I am more committed to improving dressage, it has become clear that my poor Dressage saddle of 15 years or more is not doing me any favors. In fact, I am actually fighting with it to maintain the correct position. Eileen had me ride in one of her saddles last week and what a difference! I could stay back and out of Deuce's way and low and behold he could move! He actually was up in the front end more consistently and moving beautifully!! Needless to say, I will be saddle shopping in the coming 6 months. In the mean time, I am playing with towels to get the saddle position a little more correct to help with my balance. (Which I did today - and made a difference).
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