Yesterday's ride on Meatball was quite an adventure. We cantered, basically for the first time. When he picks up the canter he hops for a couple of steps before he settles. Then, we cantered over some poles, which he launched himself over. We really need to work on that not over jumping thing. We were having an excellent time, then he whinnied and bucked! Then he did several flying lead changes, including a one tempi. I didn't ask for any of them, but he can certainly do them. We think he was just having a good time. JM says he looked about 18 hands as we were cantering around and the buck looked absolutely frightening from the ground. But I got off grinning. He doesn't scare me, despite his size and antics, because he always comes back to obedience when I ask him to. Penny, on the other hand, is running through the bit right now and not listening to me, so when she takes off I get a bit scared, because while she will eventually come back it's not immediate.
Anyway, when I was done I told JM she wasn't going to get to ride Meatball Grand Prix because I was going to :D
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