Yesterday I rode 3 1/2 miles. A little bit of cantering, some trotting, and a fair amount of walking. It took us about hour. Which after reading several articles, is apparently really slow. But as it was only our second day I was really happy with my horse.
Today we rode for 2 hours and 20 min. The break down was something like this: 1 mile of cantering flat, 3 mile of trotting mostly flat with a few hills and a lot of walking the rest of the time. She seemed a little winded after the first 3 miles because they were done kind of fast but then she settled and her breathing relaxed. She is used to doing trot and canter work. It is not abnormal for her to trot for 20 or 30 min and canter for 10 min. So far she seems to really like this new training style. She likes that we are going out of the arena to ride. I also tried a short trail ride by ourselves today and she did great. Her confidence seems to be improving by the day.
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