Funny from my brother:

“He’s not dating a girl from the ghetto if he can’t do the ‘Superman’.”

LMAO.

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I had planned on taking tonight off as well because I am still tired from the weekend. However, I thought about how Miss is best when she stays in work, so I sucked it up and went out.

Tonight I tried something a lil different. We walked around to warm up, did leg yields, got her listening. Then we cantered. Then we went back to walking. Then we cantered. Then we walked. I totally cut out the trotting transition - upward and downward. I want Miss to RELAX about walking after the canter, which is an issue in our flat class right now. She was pretty good about the whole thing. She was very very relaxed at the walk when she figured out that I wasn’t asking her to do anything… but walk.

I think Miss’ issues at the very core - she gets worked up about what ur gonna ask her to do. When she trusts you and figures out that what you want is simple and easy, then she’s fine. So in the past few months (since June), I have tried to approach her differently and I really believe I had made significant improvement. She FEELS alot different.

At the same time tho, I have neglected Cook. I really really need to ride her to keep her in shape and going. She has lost muscle and gotten fat from all the time off. It’s hard for me to double ride on the weekdays, and I feel like I need to ride Miss to keep her going ’cause that’s the horse I’m showing. UGH! So I need to really commit to riding Cook at least 3 times a week…