Jumping Cotton

I was SO incredibly tired of dealing with Trouble's antics, that I decided to ride Cotton today. She is so uncomplicated! I took her over the poles that I had out from working with Trouble, and Cotton trotted right through them, no trouble! I also had out my half barrel jump. I decided to ask her to pop over that, and she did, so very willingly!

My horses are just so different. But while Cotton is less obnoxious than Trouble, both horses still have things that I need to work on.

Trouble:
1. MAJOR attitude
2. Does NOT want to jump.

Cotton:
1. Does not load into the trailer well. Never trailed without Trouble!
2. Very girthy
3. Cantering is not trivial
4. The rail is not her happy place
5. Knows nothing about dressage (what round? My nose is carried down and out!)

For now, let's ignore 5. Problem 4 is getting much better, though gets a bit lost at the canter... The solutions for problems 1-3 are all consistent work! Easy to do, just have to DO it.