Better... maybe

Jannine and Amber came over this morning and rode in the arena with me.  I did a lot of circling near them -- Pico was a little better by the end.  Still flinching, tossing his head up, etc.  I rode him in the pelham again today.  He is definitely sensitive to that bit.  It helps that I don't have to wrestle with him.

It is hot hot hot, so may not ride Gracie this evening.  Demi is spending the day in the barn hiding from the flies.  The sticks her head out and whinnies for the other two periodically, but won't actually step outside. She was in the back stall for the morning.  Around noon she decided to move to the front stall, so ran (ran!) around the barn to get back inside.  And yet she ran away from me early when I tried to put her fly sheet on her.