Tigo Day #3 - Joining Biggest Looser

Today was much better than yesterday. He was very respectful on the ground and has really embraced the new rules. I finally had a photographer today. Wait till you see how slick he looks tacked up!

I rode him in a loose fitting german martingale since he wanted to fling his head a little yesterday. It only gets tight if he pulls on me or decides to fling his head around.

We started out with some bending. He was much looser today.

After a few laps of walking and bending we started out racking.

We have to take a lot of breaks because he is so out of shape. So when we do I make sure we bend more and work on moving his shoulders. See how far his right shoulder moves out and over?

Then back to the butt burning long trotting. I really have been asking him to drive forward and use that butt of his to push off.

This is ideal!
We even took a lap each way at the canter. That was rough and ugly. We won't be doing that again until he has some butt muscles.

Then it was time to walk to property and cool off.