We decided not to ride last night. Instead we went for a long line lesson. Basically driving the horse from the ground with really long reins. And it's a lot more complicated than it sounds, especially when you throw in a carriage whip. Tricia started out with Axel to show him the ropes (no pun intended). Axel was a little confused at first but he picked it up alright. Tricia drove him around a bit at first and then handed the reins over to me. As usual, Axel was less than speedy. We had to make quite a bit of noise with the whip to get him moving, and even then he wasn't really fazed by it. I couldn't quite handle the whip and the reins at the same time so Tricia followed along with the whip for a while. It seemed like he understood once he figured out that he shouldn't be waiting for leg cues. It was a pretty weird thing for me to get the hang of. Maybe we'll try it again sometime. We definitely need more ground work, that's for sure.
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