I'm back

January was a bummer with injuries, cold, etc. Rode only about once a week. Including lovely trail ride on Weyerhaeuser land. Yesterday--Try indicated that she wasn't excited about being saddled or going to the ring, so we went to the hilly field tho I thought warming up in the ring might have been a better idea. She got emotional about wanting to follow Devon into the field so we played for a long time with turning if she showed emotion. Then in the field played with transitions and speed within gaits--at first to see that she did not rush down hill, that we stayed on my focus, and to avoid the tendency of us both to speed up going uphill (yahoo). Then I needed to keep Try from breaking from jog or trot to a walk going downhill LOL. Finally canter--I am anxious about cantering downhill--afraid Try might slip--and footing wasn't great--but it went well and was nothing to be concerned about. Fewer and fewer fears.