Frustrating

Weekend:  Lindsey rode Gracie in a 4H Open Show.  Fun, reasonably successful, and an overall good experience.  

Monday:  Rode Pico in arena, working on long and low.

Tuesday:  Lesson with Frances.  This is the frustrating part.  Pico needs to give in and stop spooking at people standing at the rail.  Spent most of the lesson working on that.  I switched to the pelham because I am fighting with that big strong neck of his.  Really he is being a disobedient toad, not spooking.  We went in a lot of circles right at the rail with Frances standing there.  Got better towards the end so switched to shoulder-in up the rail and past the so terrifying Frances.

Today:  Lindsey had a lesson with Frances (bend elbows and knees) where she mostly worked on transitions.  I rode Pico in circles in front of Frances again.  Very very irritating.  I think he was better towards the end, but I can swear he is not fixed.

Tomorrow I have to find someone else to stand at the rail.  I think I will put a chair there with an umbrella on it.

I might want an extra pelham because Lindsey needed Gracie's this morning.  That sounds like an excuse to go to the new Dover store in Parker right?