We don't write every day on this blog.  Sometimes we skip several days.  It all depends on our work and travel schedule. 

There are a lot of things we do in horse training that are repetitive.  In reading this blog we repeat steps over and over.  This is done to address certain issues that arise when riding a horse.  Sometimes this takes multiple days to fix these issues. 
Prince is at this stage now.  We are working on two things, stopping and backing.  When Prince stops, he tends to go downhill.  He is improving daily on this.  When he has trouble with backing he isn't engaging his hindquarters enough.  So we are working on that.  He will go home soon.

This is Gully's sixth ride.  He is doing well.  We are spending a lot of time working on lateral flexion, by tipping the nose in, disengaging his hind end, and making him push in.   We have started stopping and backing to help him to break at the poll. 

Cinco has made significant improvement in his trust issues.  He still has a tendency to hide from people and he also has a hard time when he starts to learn something new.  We are driving him, working on lateral flexion and turning, stopping, backing and side passing.  His biggest problem is still trust.  Cinco needs a very confident leader who will help him when he gets worried. 

Something we need to remember as horseman is that horses are not like a car or motorcycle.  If you take your horse to a trainer, and then get him back, he is not like a motorcycle or a car.  You can't just park him in the barn and take him out the next time and he will be in the same place.  You still have to keep the horse tuned up.  You have to get out and ride at least 3 times a week (and more if you can) and you have to be consistent.