Sunday found Max and I participating in another group lesson with four other horses. It pretty much built on some previous lessons in that we did a lot of "follow the leader" exercises but this time we worked in pairs and even did some quadrille work.
This is definately a good exercise in that not only do you have to work your own horse, but you also have to pay attention to the other horses and maintain distance, etc. This is especially important in that a couple of the horses got spooked at something at the one end of the arena and as a result, shied away. This in turn made the other horses, including Max, a bit anxious- fortunately Max took a look and immediately went back to work.
It was also interesting working with other horses with varying gaits- I had to alternately hold Max back and urge him forward. I look forward to more of this.
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