Backdated: Izzy

Update 9/11/07
Izzy will go straight in the arena if she is ridden “forward” enough. It seems that she has gotten away with a lot and has gotten used to weaving in the arena and plodding along but so far I haven’t had any serious issues with getting her to move out. She responds to the right mental attitude. She is great to jump because she is brave and I can use her for myself to practice on.
She will round out and bend nicely if you ask her correctly and I got her into a pretty amazing collected canter today so it’s obvious she has a lot of power inside. I think the task now is to get her into shape.