Reschooling Cordilla

FINALLY!!! I managed to ride him today! It's been about 2 and a half weeks since I rode him last haha.

Went down to bring Elliott in this afternoon, and he was absolutely caked in mud! So covered that his bright purple rug was no longer purple, just brown. His face and his legs were just as disgusting! Tbh I think I have a hippo, not a horse!

After spending about half an hour scrubbing him clean, and getting covered in dust and mud, I tacked him up and went round to the arena with Laura and Eric. Suprisingly he stood very still for me to get on, unlike Eric, who decided it was a better idea to spin round and trot off down the long side just as Laura's bum hit the saddle! Ellie just stood there and watched with a very funny look on his face!

After walking him round for about 10 minutes just loosening him off a bit, we had a little trot. Now that was very exciting! For Elliott anyway haha. After shoving his head down and squealling, he gradually settled into a lovely balanced trot, which was suprisingly lazy!

After doing some walk trot transitions I decided to attempt a safe canter. The transition into canter was a bit extravagant to say the least! But again, he gradually settled down into a nice rhythm.

Then we walked to change the rein and have a little rest, where Ellie seized the chance to be naughty! As Laura and Eric trotted down the long side going the other way, Ellie decided to do a mini rear and spin round to try and follow Eric! Little bugger!

We soon had a nice canter on the other rein, and then finished off nice and long and low and relaxed.

I was expecting him to be ten times as bad so that little bit of cheekiness was acceptable I suppose! Lets hope we can carry on working up from here!