We met Kelli and Marvin at Ashland today for a hack. We did throw Kelli's baroque saddle on Dan, the one that was supposed to be Marvins but had Lyrics tracings and then was widened... It actually seemed to fit him decently. So I figured I'd give it a try. We went for a long hack and then finished in the arena. He felt okay. I wasn't planning on doing any lateral work because he had been feeling not the best recently, but I did sort of want to see if this saddle made a difference. So we did a little trot work and some lateral work. We started with leg yields, then haunches in, then a half pass each way. By the second half pass, he got chompy and I figured he was about to stick his tongue out, so I quit. We did finish on a nice shallow leg yield each way and he was still anxious, but his tongue stayed in. So... I'm guessing the saddle isn't my big issue here..
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