Chickory

The last two nights I've been riding Chickory in the round pen. I'm working on getting her softer in the face and more responsive to the leg. I start on the ground, ask her to tip her nose towards the stirrup, which she does, and holds it there on a loose rein until I ask her to straighten. Then I ask for hip over, and shoulder over, and then both at once (sidepass) .She's getting it; a little uncertain of the shoulder over, but she learns really fast. After working both sides from the ground, I get on, loosen her up a little at the walk and trot, then ask her for hip over, etc. the same way I do on the ground. I want to get so that I can put her in a 20 ft. circle and push her in or out of the circle with my legs, without losing the size of the circle. She has a tendency to cut inside when we go to the right, doesn't want to just follow the fence line but fades in to the center, so I'm pushing her out with my leg and really fighting myself because I don't want to put pressure on both reins just yet and it's so natural on a broker horse to just pick up both reins and move the shoulder over. Gotta retrain myself, let alone the horse!
Over all, I'm happy with her. She learns quick, isn't stubborn (except about that catching thing!) and has lots of try. And, she has a nice smooth trot.

I measured her the other day; she stands exactly 14.2hh. At 3 years old, she should only have a little growing left to do, probably will finish out under 14.3hh. She is for sale, if anyone wants a prospect for cutting, penning or sorting, that's what she's bred to do.