May 16th... 11 days since my last post, and....

Fizzy is still wonderful. :-) Every day, or every other day, we make extended trot across the S-F diagonal (just like in the Grand Prix), make a right turn up the centerline, passage, piaffe at X, passage out... We BOTH have baggage about the final centerline, but now that I actually (for the first time in my life) really have him in the piaffe/passage, I feel confident that this final centerline is a question I can ask of him everyday, and not worry about his answer.

Today his canter wasn't quite as ground covering as it has been, but we did a really nice zig-zag... 4-6-6-6-4. I can't remember the last time we had a miscount in the zig-zag, since he is so much more supple and on my aids now. After schooling for about 1/2 an hour in the covered ring, I took him outside (for a "new venue" effect), and we made one not so great left half pass in the trot, and then one that was just as good as the right one. Sooo excited! We finished with our routine of extended trot, centerline, passage, piaffe, passage, halt. And then a lot of patting. :-)

After our work, we ventured into the polo field so Fizzy could cool out, and then we wandered over to the farm next door.... At which point, Fizzy held his favorite person in the world, Kimmy, hostage in the tackroom until she gave him cookies. (See picture :-)).

Lizzy+Fizzy