I found these illustrations on the eclectic horseman webpage (http://eclectic-horseman.com/pyramid-of-training-for-the-everyday-horseman-part-1/) Followed by a very informative 4 part article by dressage rider Terry Church. I highly recommend this article.
As far as Sophie- well we took our first baby trail ride yesterday! I can tell I am going to have to do a lot of work building her confidence on the trail. I probably won't go back to the arena for some time, because I need to get her confident with this new environment in which everything is constantly changing. I'll keep working on building her foundation- training and constantly engaging and challenging her mentally and physically. My hope is that after every ride she will come back with a little more know how and that will eventually make everything else start to become easier for her. I have noticed that I really have to be careful how much I introduce to Sophie- she is easily overwhelmed and I need to establish a can-do attitude.
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