Today, I saddled Simon and started his warm-up on the long line as usual. Everyday that I work him, he gets more responsive to cues and is more comfortable trotting and cantering. After a few minutes, I bridled him and worked him with the snaffle bit to help him recognize the basic forward, backward, left and right cues coming from pressure in his mouth. He seemed to pick up the signals quite quickly, so I mounted him and rode first in the pasture by the house. Simon acted as if he was used to someone on his back, and it wasn't long before he was walking forward for me, so I took him out in the big pasture and went for a walk. We crossed several creek crossings. Though Simon is still hesitant to move forward in places, he never made any indication that he might be thinking of bucking, spooking or trying to run away. I was very pleased with his responses.
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