Axel gets an A+ for his lesson tonight. We just worked in the font pasture. He was responding really well in a circle, bending pretty well. He was fairly forward and was even stepping under himself a bit at the walk. Our trot to the left was a little touch and go but the trot to the right was awesome, we even made it around the circle more than 2 times without stopping. After some circles we used up the whole pasture and worked on getting him to extend more and really use his rear end. It went alright to the right but we really got some nice work done to the left. Even squeaked out a canter for a few strides, a canter that did not include any bucking and was actually pretty nice. We made it around the corner nearest the barn without stopping and the rest of the way up to the other end of the pasture, he wasn't extending but on the far stretch he really collected and actually got some good suspension in his trot so that was the end of the lesson.
After the ride I tried to brush out some of the saddle marks. Axel responded by rolling in the manure. We hung out for a few minutes while I searched for wood ticks. Then I followed him down to the pasture and brushed Cody a bit and picked a wood tick off of him as well. It was super nice out so I took a little walk in the woods before heading for home.
Got a little trail ride planned for tomorrow with Anne. Hopefully I can snag some sale saddles from Stephanie to find one that fits Cody better.
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