Hi everyone, I have very much enjoyed your stories and photos. I'll keep mine brief : was Hands_of_Cantu on UDBB, but find that too clumsy so have unimaginatively changed to my first name, Anne. Live in NZ's South Island, am 49, and work (mostly from home) as a geophysicist. Started riding around ag...

Amado - yes, that makes sense, and sounds really useful. We do counter-bend in walk and a little in trot, and do some counter-shoulder-in on the circle as well. I had a crappy ride today (my fault! just got tense and naggy, argh), though we did recover for a few good moments. Onwards tomorrow!!

Thanks all for your helpful replies! I should have said we are already doing shallow loops - only to quarter line as we only have a 20x40m arena. He manages those quite well, and also can canter a 15m circle in good balance. So thinking on it, I will focus more on the quality of the shallow loop. An...

We are unable to access regular instruction, so are doing this on our own.... we are introducing counter canter : I have started with a half 15m circle at the end of the arena, then canter on the diagonal back to the long side, and trot before the corner (it is a movement in a test we have done a fe...

Hi All - so many names I recognise, and I am with you all in thanking Chancellor for getting this up and running so quickly. I was Hands_of_Cantu on udbb, but decided that was too clumsy, and have gone for short and real on this forum

And thanks from me too, Chancellor, your effort in setting up a new board is much appreciated.