Frye is home, and I’m wanting to touch up a few things on the flatwork and increase her strength and flexibility. Not only will this make for a more rideable, but I also believe it helps the long-term soundness of the horses to go straight and use themselves. She has been in some low-lift work, hacking, so over the next few weeks I’d like to get her back into a more competitive shape. . Frye shows here, you know she wants to carry her haunches a bit to the inside (a common issue I see), there’s a moment I ride her shoulder a little straighter and she breaks to the trot. Developing strength takes time. When I’m working through these, I want my body to ride the positioning I desire with empathy and a positive outlook. I just keep riding the outside a little straighter to come in front of those haunches, go in for a little counter canter to help with the alignment I want. I think empathetic and encouraging is the mindset to have here. With that feeling in all of my cues, she doesn’t get ...