…Okay, here I go. I am cantering down the long side of the arena. Now I am concentrating on holding with my seat. About the time I reach the corner and round the long side, I am concentrating using my driving leg aid, and then I remember to hold with rein. Down the next long side, I release the rein or provide an opening with my hands, drive with my legs, and at the last minute, remember to open my hips and allow the increase in motion, which I think I was actually supposed to do first, since the order of sequence is always: seat, leg, rein. Apparently, it takes me roughly one lap around the arena to half-halt! I don’t know how I am ever going to execute one single half-halt before the corner, much less the multiple ones that my instructor is asking me to execute around the arena…
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