did the raised and widened serpentine 6 times. Then practiced the gate in hand a good bit.
then decided to go ride. loaded up and hit the trails. soggy, slushy, and a bit drizzly but we only get really rained on at the very end. much more energetic in his trot today. maybe cause I put the bareback pad slightly farther back? maybbe coincidence? rode in western bit because of snacking and bareback and wet. no tongue. no real stress, but also didn't really seem to make him fancier. In order to get him from not bracing/inverting I had to have a pretty heavy contact, so... not really that helpful. had some good trots but not super soft or using his neck/back properly. argh. But very forward and energetic. did have a chunk of deer run across he path before us.
finished our ride and his posture is just awful. His topline sucks, his trapezius suck, he's overmuscled in weird spots from pulling. Not sure how much is me, or lack of me, or just... lower cervical/brachial plexs trauma... ???
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