Rode with Vicki today and it wasn't going well. Xaile was very stiff and resistant through his right side, clinging to the right side of his bit and falling through his right shoulder. We were getting cross with each other.
Vicki pointed out that I wasn't doing bento's circles and when I did that I was giving too much with the outside rein. Forcing him to engage his off hind through the small circles eventually made him soften and relax. There were some pretty impressive tantrums on the way though.
I'm an idiot. How could I have got so over confident about our way of going that I felt that I didn't need the circles anymore. Grrrr. Stupid.
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