186. Lunging in an outline with no pessoa!

The last two times i've lunged Spice i've noticed that she's started to fall into a 'natural outline'. I have a pessoa which i have used on her a couple of times but i always worry that i might be 'forcing her into an outline' or 'over doing it' so i'm not overly confident using it (although i think if you know how they're a brilliant aid). But i'm beginning to think that i might not even need it because she's starting to come into an outline on her own accord not just in walk or trot but in all 3 gaits... I wasn't sure this was really possible but it seems it is! Must try to take a video of her next time.

179. Working in an outline without a bit!

Today (as you can see from the photos above) we worked on getting Spice to work in an outline in both walk, trot and canter and she did really well considering it was only the second/third time of being asked to come into an outline using a bitless bridle and got better and better as the session went on. She was very well behaved throughout the session doing everything that was asked of her and even threw in a few jumps at the end for good measure. Very pleased with her today.

http://www.artofriding.com/articles/onthebit.html