It went really really well, short sweet and to the point!
Started of in trot on both reins spirraling in, and leg yeilding out - easy peasy.
Same in canter - this is where is amazes me sometimes, one thing - one little itty bity thing can make such a big difference. I explained how he had been leaning on me... so for the circle to the right, all the trainer told me was, don't let the inside contact go, and allow with the outside to let him keep coming. BING! Got it straight away.
Next we had 3 poles set up in a bounce, 3 strides to another pole, 5 strides to the last pole, angles were all a bit funny - but made me ride. Took a few times through before we got that.
Following on from that, the first single pole went up to a small fence, as did the last two pole through the bounce. Canter through that twice, then carry on back through the bounces and straight for 3 strides to a oxer, 20m half circle to the next oxer - YAY good pony straight through that.
Rinse, repeat - add in another line - continue after the oxer through change of rein to the right, 15m turn off the end and back up over two verticles one stride apart. Done, not perfect, but he left his knees down over the first verticle, and rubbed, learned and picked them right up over the second verticle! Repeat one more time.
Change things up a little... over a tiny icky thing that set one stride off the rail going across shortways... make the turn to the left around the end to the second oxer (I'm going to put a picture in of the arena now so it makes sense), land go to the right over the verticles again, land to the left back to the same oxer, to the right, through the bounces and over the last oxer. Fence height went up significantly for this... rubbed them, and we lost rhythm through the bounce so we did it one more time.
PERFECT - such a clever pony, and the trainer was really really positive.. considering last lesson I had with her, I got yelled at, told to get off the horse and convinced to leave it there for training for a week with her!!
Another lesson tomorrow with someone different again that has been recommended to me before the next horse trial in the weekend. I'm half packed to go already!
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