Alas, I still didn't make it out of bed to work with Tartine in the morning, but I did have a lesson in the evening which was FAB
Katia worked the pair of us very hard, and Tartine did so well. It was the first time I've ridden her in her new bit (bushed SS eggbutt snaffle), and it felt really good. For some reason Tartine really prefers the single break snaffles, rather than the "nicer" double broken ones - I suppose that's horses for you ;)
Anyway we warmed up in walk and trot, with lots of changes of rein, including serpentines and spirals, making sure the bend was correct, and the contact was light (and my hands herein the right position. Finished the warm up with a nice loose canter on each rein. The hard work started with some lateral work, volte-SI-volte all the way around the school on each rein. After that we did some LY to SI, which I found really difficult, but after some attempts we managed a passable execution. The most fun though, was out first attempts at a true counter canter. This exercise consisted of a 20m circle then as the circle started a second time making a short diagonal to change the rein, then continuing in CC before making the long diagonal back to true canter. The pair of us were knackered by the end of the lesson, as it was quite a lot of sustained canter. But I came out feeling on top of the world, as Tartine was fab, and really tried her hardest for me.
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