We did not work much on Friday--just a bit of lunging. We also walked Jordan up to the street a couple of times to get him prepared for trailer loading.
Today I carefully lunged Jordan and worked him from the ground before mounting. He is cantering from voice commands well, and doing nice trot-canter-trot transitions. After mounting, he did well at the walk with very little fussing. The trot is a still a challenge. He sticks his nose out and will only bring it in on a circle. He pitched a fit again and reared a bit when he wanted to run back to the barn.
To experiment a bit I long-reined him in the afternoon with surcingle and snaffle bit. He walked and trotted well, and never stuck his nose out at all. In fact, he was consistently behind the vertical despite being very light with my hands. Next time we may lunge off the cavesson to keep his head up more. Anyway, this makes me suspect Jordan still has a relatively weak back and is still not accepting the rider 100%. Need more training!
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