Day 27- 2nd ride with some review

Well today we had our second ride and I did exactly the same thing as I did yesterday, except I spent some time really getting her to flex. I got her going at the walk really good, then I went up to the trot and then the canter. Every time she broke gait I made sure not to pressure her because that wouldn't have done anything but worry her, so I just eased her on back up. I just needed to check that my gas pedal was working good. Now it's time, and I think tomorrow we will move up to a bigger arena. She is going confident and relaxed. At certain points she even offered to stretch her neck down and I felt her whole body just chill out. Wow, I love that! Now I need to keep going with this great momentum we have. Pretty soon I'll start working on getting her stop cue. Up to this point I have only offered to guide her with one rein or another, then to gently disengage her hindquarters to get her to stop. I need her to practice going left and right but also eventually she will learn to do one rein stops and to stop and back up with one rein. I don't start using two reins until she really understands these things.