Straight and curved

Kate and Dada accused me of taking lessons somewhere else during the week because, they said, I was riding so well.

I did feel pretty good, especially at the beginning. I wasn't holding Louie's reins taut, and he was moving at a nice clip. That is the best riding, when he moves so well.

When we did shorten the reins up, he still walked (well, expect the time he pooped), but he was not as lively. But we made some good figures. And I stayed straight, no significant readjusting my body to the left.

One thing I tried to do in the circles and serpentines was push my inside foot into Louie to keep his body curved. It must have worked. Dada said his body curved in the serpentines for the first time she could remember.