Ready for a move up

 This morning Fanny and I had an absolutely awesome jump lesson! We had been debating on whether to do P/T at Poplar ht next weekend, or whether we should just stick with training. The jump lesson this morning, set at max prelim height, said yes to P/T! Fanny was nearly perfect in every course. Needless to say, I'm beyond excited to be moving a little closer towards my goal of young riders next year! Now we're on the way to Chatt Hills for one last XC school before next weekend. I haven't posted on here in a while, so I'll just do a little update on Rain too. For some reason, Rain decided she would start a lovely new habit of non-stop head tossing. Even a running martingale isn't helping! Our dressage and jumping was just starting to really get good. I try my hardest not to use artificial training aids like draw reins or side reins, but I decided I'd finally give loose draw reins a try. I'm not using them to cut corners and force her head down, just using them a little to help her realize head tossing is a no no and being in the contact isn't all that bad! Hopefully she'll go back to how great she was being before sometime soon..... Oh mares.