Jill wasn't sure if there was anyone on the property or not, but she went and caught Precious anyway. From the sweet little bay's willingness, Jill thought that they sometimes caught her with a treat in hand. It was funny to see that she was quite a boss in the herd, but so obedient to a human.
The dark chestnut stallion was very active. And, vocal. And, observant. Jill thought he seemed in need of attention, and liked the size of him too. She hoped eventually he'd turn into one of her projects...
The walked all the way to the barn nicely together. She didn't even try to eat grass while she was being led. What a good pony!
Jill took her for a walk in the arena, before they went into the barn. She was amazed at how line friendly that New Forest friend was. She would trot the first step Jill took into a run. And, she would halt instantly, square, in synch with Jill's stop step. They worked on backing up, which wasn't good the first time, but was perfect by the third try.
A smart, eager to please pony. A forward moving little thing too, once you got on her.
Her canter needed lots of work. The transitions are green and she is not balanced through the corners and goes to fast and is almost always about to break. Jill rode a few canter circles and even lunged a bit on a canter circle to the left to address it. Just one in a series of training efforts.
Jill wanted to get fit.
She needed the ponies to get fit too.
The poor girl sweated in her winter coat, even though it was such a short and easy work out.
And, she winnied the whole time. And, by the end of about an hour together she was starting to get really agitated and Jill hurried to just throw her out in the paddock with her friends.
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