Day Four of Question Box Pattern

We ended our Question Box Pattern ride today  by riding bridleless.  I took off her bridle and we ventured around the circles.  Fancy is a go, and go faster horse.  I’ve been dreading this.  There is a maneuver that can be used to slow down a horse if you have a Horsemanship stick.  When they speed up and go too fast, you direct their head into the wall.  Arena walls are very handy.  We ended with a nice full lap at a flat foot walk.

Yes, it worked.  It worked better than me tugging on a rein to get her to slow down.

I won the day and lived to tell about it!

Ride #2 Bridleless.