Round Pen
Today we decided to start out in the round pen because their were kids turning out there horses in the arena. Mayzee had already been out this morning because Jody's niece Anna is in town. So I was a little worried that Mayzee was going to be a little more lazy then usual. To my surprise she was great. We started our warm up at the trot with a very long rein. Then we began to do a lot of half-halts to get her to really lift. She wouldn't really do it so much at the walk so we brought her up to a trot, then walked, half-halt, and we got a result! :) In the round pen still Sam asked me to pick up a canter. On the right lead she picked right up and I was very comfortable with my position etc. beside the fact that after I stopped Sam explained to me how to hold my outside rein and inside seat bone to connect through the horse. 
Very confusing to explain but once we used it going the other way it worked. Then we agreed to go into the ring while the crazy teens were barrel racing bareback, lol. We did maybe one or two trot transitions both ways and called it a day. Most the time cooling down at a walk, I was visualizing my position and trying to push her forward with my seat, and to my surprise it really worked!
Today we decided to start out in the round pen because their were kids turning out there horses in the arena. Mayzee had already been out this morning because Jody's niece Anna is in town. So I was a little worried that Mayzee was going to be a little more lazy then usual. To my surprise she was great. We started our warm up at the trot with a very long rein. Then we began to do a lot of half-halts to get her to really lift. She wouldn't really do it so much at the walk so we brought her up to a trot, then walked, half-halt, and we got a result! :) In the round pen still Sam asked me to pick up a canter. On the right lead she picked right up and I was very comfortable with my position etc. beside the fact that after I stopped Sam explained to me how to hold my outside rein and inside seat bone to connect through the horse. 
Very confusing to explain but once we used it going the other way it worked. Then we agreed to go into the ring while the crazy teens were barrel racing bareback, lol. We did maybe one or two trot transitions both ways and called it a day. Most the time cooling down at a walk, I was visualizing my position and trying to push her forward with my seat, and to my surprise it really worked!
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