I’ve had some wonderful rides on Kai this month where he was feeling stronger and showed some good self carriage. I started working on sitting trot and found he is not ready for this on his weak back muscles. I will continue to slowly introduce more of this over the month and work on balancing forward aids with transitions and getting him to rock back on his hind quarters more. He has a little confusion when asked to stay engaged and sit but he will be able to do this on a more constant basis as he strengthens.
These are great notes, Terry, on Kai and the other horses. Thanks for writing them up!