It was freezing! So got them done as fast as I could. Had to drag Giant in from the paddock, he jst looked at me like "why are you imposing this cruelty upon me??"Lol, he looked equally unimpressed when I pulled his rug off...

Did my the same with both of them, a good lunge to warm up, pole and jumps and a quick ride.

Giant has gone super calm and he took a bit to get going (could have just been the cold), got him straight into trotting to keep warm, the new rope is good, nice and long, but that thing on the end is a pain. Lots of trotting and changing rein to keep him listening, then over poles, he was being a bit lazy, trying to put an extra step inbetween, so chased him a couple of times after the poles, so that he was thinking forward and he was much better.

He was a bit the same over the jump, lazy, not picking up and nearly landing on the back of the jump. Put it up a bit to make him actually jump and again, chased him away. Chasing him away from the fence makes him think about going forward next time, where as chasing him into it could make him start rushing (never change them infront of the fence). He got better and better, jumped in better style but stayed nice and calm.

Under saddle I got him going forward, walk trot canter... especially canter. It was nicethat he wanted to give me a nice slow canter, but today I wanted him to go. He does feel better after Anne.

Harry went through the same on the lunge, he is a bit slow as he warms up, but once he loosens up hes nice and forward. He must have done many poles and jumps on the lunge in his life time... he knows the drill. Hes really nice, trots in straight and keeps his rhythm.

He was nice popping into canter, and today we worked more on quality. I got up off his back and when for a few more forward lapps of canter each way, and then practised transitions back. This is always the hard part for him when he gets a bit hyped, but after a few goes he started to settle better.