very strange. when he's ridden, he's happy to go on ahead of whatever company he's in, or to ride out on his own.
on the longlines?
"i can't possibly go down the 20 acre/along the drive"
but woke him up a bit, anyway, we'd started off lethargic in the school, went out (or tried) both directions and then back in the arena slightly less lethargically..
I don't think the concept of "lunge" is in the average race horse's mental vocabulary. At least you are getting somewhere with the groundwork.
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