She's been a rockstar I feel I need a lot more work then she does! Again today did more footfall stuff today, learning to feel them. One of the exersises I felt I wanted to stop to let Annabelle process. But I decided to push on a little bit, it didn't get worse but it didn't get better so next time I think I will do what my gut tells me. Her weight is looking good still, been feeding her like crazy a lot more grain then she has been used to since moving to Colorado. But it will make up for less graze time. This week has been really about feeling our horses and not using our reins to move them where we want to go and that has been pretty cool. Especially to see Annabelle really relax into something new I am teaching her. Usually she's more bracy and worried when I am teaching something new or different. During one of our warm ups we did some cantering (to all people who haven't seen parellis campus the arenas are not flat they have slight down/up 'hills'). I first trotted down hill and it was good she gained speed a little bit and I just slowed her down and she did right away. Then I cantered the whole arena so I was going up and down hill. She keep the same rhythm really nice calm canter I didn't want to stop! I have also found that in the inside I feel more extroverted and wanting to go do more things with my horse. Where before I was a lot more worried about the learning process in general. This time I feel a lot more confident. In the next week or so in curious to know what my instructors think of my riding position...hmmm haha I do feel it is much better. But it is a big focus for this course especially to help Annabelle feel me better and me feel Annabelle much better. Might do some riding this weekend but no weekend blogs I decided. I'll catch everyone up about the weekend on Monday. 
Summer, our class mascot 
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