Frustrations and Forests
I met Sharon today at Ashland for a nice hack with her and Baylor. I rode Lyric in her dressage saddle and she still felt sticky and short strided and unwilling to really stride out. And it didn't get much better even after 30 minutes of walking. However, we did trot the gallop trail and that did help. We had a nice ride regardless and enjoyed ourselves. When we finished the trail ride I took Lyric into the arena because I wanted to practice our test. And she felt pretty awful. She was braced, not lifting her back, sticky and fussy. I had to get after her with the spurs. She's not wanting to bend left and was running into her canters. So, I got frustrated. Which I regret. I did end up taking her to the trailer and putting the jump saddle on her instead and tried again. It was marginally better. She was more forward and I didn't have to get after her every stride. She seemed more willing to lift her back but did go behind the vertical more. Sigh... And especially in the dr