Some more rides and some dissapointment.

I've squeezed in three more rides since my last post. On Sunday Poncho was spectacularly forward compared to the previous. He still was a  little hesitant about the bit. We got in some nice, nice work until a grey horse showed up. He was floaty over the poles. He was forward in the trot. He had a zooming canter. Now I found out over the summer than Poncho has an unhealthy obsession with greys. He is just head over heels for them. Example; we were cantering around at a good pace we go to pass said grey horse, Poncho starts really collecting his trot so he's almost hopping so as not to pass the horse. Then over the summer he would scream for them and try to grab the bit and run to them. Interesting I think. I don't know what it is about greys. But it sure is funny.

Monday It was just m. He was brilliant I can't believe there was no one there to see. His canter was pure perfection there's not much I can really say other than I was head over heels impressed with him. To give him a reward we hacked around outside of the barn a little. I had to open the gate from on his back, wow, was that comical. He figured out opening it but I couldn't get him to understand closing it. So that's for another day.

Tuesday was a bit of damper - not bad but in comparison not great. He is definitely bored in the ring, so am I but the stars haven't aligned to leave the ring lately. (but mark my words come Saturday we will be out of it) He was a lot less forward. He was kind of stumbly (he gets that way when he puts no effort into his work). So to liven him up I decided to jump. We got 5 refusals before I decided to just canter hard at the jump and he got the point then. Silly pony must have forgotten he can in fact trot jumps. We did also have some glimmers of him going on the bit. We also had some moments where he was bracing his jaw soo hard. It was a very back and forth kind of ride - but it came together in the end. Also when I got off  I noticed my chaps popped a hole by the zipper - so sad. Hopefully I can replace them soon.