I worked Jackson for about an hour. First we
did some liberty stuff. He is getting very
good at doing the obeisance! His balancè is
getting better. He would offer it sometimes,
but it would just be shifting from one foot
to the other. I have been trying to get him
to do it but with more energy. Today he
seemed to want to do it, so I tried to
encourage him to move from foot to foot but
with more upward energy. He seems to get it!
Then we did some riding. He was better and
worse today. He didn’t really toss his head
more than a couple of times, but he didn’t
have a great left lead canter today. His
canter to the right was a little better
after I warmed him up. Several times he put
his head way down and blew out, like he was
starting to relax. I really rewarded these
times.
We practiced doing the half pass and he had
moments where he did really well. We still
need to practice a lot more, but for me it
is so neat to see how we can accomplish
these things.
I asked Jackson for a really brief passage
while riding as I wanted to see if it looked
any better.
