Progress

Saturday I had my lesson. Satchmo was very relaxed as he had gotten a massage earlier that day. So relaxed even that I had to practically drag him out to the ring and I was regretting not wearing spurs. We were walking and trotting in what felt like slow motion the whole hour. But, aside from the slow motion the lesson was great! We worked on my position some more and actually made some progress with my left shoulder and we had some very nice cantering. We did some downward transitions and I still have trouble going from trot to halt or even walk to halt, but it got better.

My favorite part was when we did some extended trotting and I could feel him really reaching and I could hear him kicking his front feet. It was very cool! I gave him a bath and then returned him to Moonie for the rest of the evening.

All in all, a great lesson and Cathy said next week when the saddle is fitted properly we can try jumping again. I'm a little nervous but I think Satchmo has had plenty of time to regroup. We'll soon find out, I'm sure!