It fits!!

I got to ride my new horse!

The saddle fitter was out today and made some huge adjustments to my saddle to suit Carlos.  Over teh moon that I can now just get cracking on with him. 

He was really good to school tonight,  very spooky but he definitely gets better and better the more I give a soothing approach to the scary bits rather than just forcing him into it.  We I rode him bareback last week I worked on getting him to drop his head and take the rein forwards and down to get some stretch over the back.  While I made progress with it, I also felt like we had a step backwards due to the snatching at the bit he was doing but today when I gave him the rein he freely took it forwards and down and he didn't snatch straight away so I'm definitely feeling positive about getting a good result eventually.

One thing I do really enjky when riding Carlos is his canter transition.  After having three off the track thoroughbreds who struggled with their canter work it's absolutely heavan.  

I also finished his clip today, but I will do another post on that.