The sunny weather has continued and the days are getting longer, oh so slowly but surely. At 4:30 there was still light so I decided to ride outside. I did not make 2 point Tuesday so I planned to revisit it today.
For warm up we took a nice hack down the driveway and out the gravel road to loosen up muscles and then went straight to the outdoor arena to do trot sets in 2 point. Deuce was a little sticky and behind my leg at first. The sun was setting and it was getting a little dark, and I was having trouble getting my watch set to beep on the minute when we started out. So at fist I did 2 1 minute trots in each direction (man I am out of shape in 2 point!) Then a little walk break to fiddle with my watch to get the settings, we did a 5 minute set, then a walk break then a 3 minute @325. I worked on keeping my elbows soft and keeping him round and together while forward too. Its tough to have it all. seems like if he is soft he slows down. Argh. We;ll get there. We did another 2 minute canter, this time I jsut sent him forward and did not worry too much about round which seemed to go better. By this point, it was dark. Fortunately, Deuce did not mind and the arena was empty so there was nothing to crash into. We wrapped up with the canter and then walked out in the dark.
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