My final visit for the week was to see Coco and Rose. They are now being ridden off the lead rein and today we were working on trot. We also spent five minutes or so doing some work with their bits in, just asking them to soften to the feel on the rein and releasing when we felt them soften.
Next week we are hoping to go out and about on the Forest providing Rose's hoof boots have arrived. She's half Thoroughbred and her soles are quite close to the ground. She's a lovely little horse and so expressive. She sometimes looks at us as if to say "Really?" Today she was developing her 'dressage ears'.
