Saturday was boring -- slouched around the loop on Gracie. Sunday Lindsay K came over. She started on Gracie in her saddle and Gracie was awful. Tense, short behind. Nasty. And really odd since she was fine the day before. We traded horses to see if it made a difference to have me on her -- same thing. So... we traded saddles. That was night and day. Apparently Gracie and Lindsay's saddle do not agree with each other. Huge difference! I rode her again today in my saddle and she was fine again. I want to see Lindsey Joy on her in my saddle this evening to see what happens.
We had Lindsay's saddle on Pico -- that seemed to be fine with him. Maybe a little high in front, so I don't think it will fit him for long, but okay right now.
Sunday was a good schooling day for Pico. Work and worked on long and low. There isn't any consistency, but we are making slow progress. It helps to ride him really deep now and then for a few minutes.
Today was a Gracie day -- mostly an argument about submission when there are people working on the highway. After the argument though we had some really nice trot half pass. The argument began with counter-canter - I have to remember to let her neck move over. She doesn't change lead, but is able to move her shoulders around then. I want to hold her to bent into the lead.
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