The lesson

I've got mixed feelings on how it went.

On video it doesn't look half as bad as it felt. Magic had it set in his mind that he wasn't going to work well right from the start and it wasn't until the day after that i knew why. When the instructor adjusted his tack at the start she raised the bit in his mouth by one hole on the left side and two holes on the right side, no idea why, must have been a mistake. She also tightened his noseband and flash. Magic is the sort of pony that is really sensitive about his tack. He also likes to be able to open his mouth a little even with a flash fitted. After the first 5 minutes he was resisting so she suggested i used draw reins loosely for the lesson.

We worked mostly on his trot, getting him to keep a good rhythm, bend through his body and leg yield. I found that she had us working quicker in trot than I had been doing with him and because of this he found it difficult to bend properly when normally he doesn't. The exercises we did for leg yielding were good and Magic seemed to improve a fair bit. She also complimented his trot which I was happy about as she has a yard full of warmbloods.

I've just hacked him the last two days as he worked hard in the lesson. After dropping his bit back down to where he likes it he's willingly softened in walk and trot.