I wanted to show Mark Theoden's trot to canter transitions and how he sometimes struggles with them. Theoden just flew them effortlessly so we had to think of something else to do!
Next we looked at how to ask Theoden to soften in trot. After an inadvertent Rollkur moment which you can see in photo 3 made my toes curl, Theoden found the soft place and I was able to release immediately and then work up to three paces, five paces and then seven. This led to an interesting conversation about gadgets and how the best training tools we have are our hands, body and brain.
Having ridden Theoden back to the stables, it was time to take him home where it seemed just like a dream. Lots to play with for the next few weeks and months.
