Gia - session 728 - lesson at CDP

 I had a lesson with Gia at CDP today.  I started by stretching her down at the walk.  When I picked her up to the trot, I worked on collecting and lengthening, leg yields and haunches-in.  All that went fairly well, so we moved on to the canter.  Her transitions were prompt and obedient, with correct leads, and she stayed fairly well balanced.  

Charlie had us jump a vertical with ground poles to warm up.  When she landed at the canter, we schooled on a circle.  She stayed fairly obedient and balanced.  Then he had us work with three different verticals on fairly tight turns (for Gia).  She had to work on staying balanced as she turned, but she could trot or canter.  She did a little of both.  At times, when she got unbalanced or frustrated, she threw in a buck or two, but I was able to get her back under control quickly.  At the end, she was starting to anticipate a little too much, so we worked on a simple, slow trot with leg yields and haunches-in. She finished with a very relaxed attitude.