Tuesday night's ride was bad to say the least.  Trigger was resistant he didn't want to work and he definitely didn't want to canter.  I worked with him on his right lead canter departure which currently involves a nasty looking head toss as he takes the lead.  He had been doing this to left as well, but I worked with him and got him to tip his ( Read more... )

The indoor arena is still flooded from all the rain this past weekend, so I had to ride outside.  When I got to the barn, Trigger had JUST gone out to the paddock, so he was definitely none too pleased about being caught.  I kinda wondered how our ride would work when he was so obviously unhappy about being pulled away from his paddock ( Read more... )

I had a lesson with Christina on Wednesday night, which was pretty much a total nightmare.  I've been working with Trigger, especially on his head tossing, and it actually did show at our lesson on Wednesday.  However, Trigger was being extremely lazy and when cantering and trotting, he would start tripping so bad that Christina feared he'd go down ( Read more... )

Ever since Triggs flipped over on me, he and I haven't been the same.  I've lacked quite a bit in the way of confidence, and I think Trigger's been aware of that.  Tonight was no different from every other ride recently, he immediately started tossing his head around.  He started it at a walk and each time he threw his head up, he felt like he was ( Read more... )

It was finally nice enough to venture a ride on the Triggs, and I wasn't on call, so an added bonus, haha ( Read more... )