Mary Tulin: So the other day I was riding my Morgan mare Era through shoulder ins down the fence, wondering why she kept drifting off the track. As far as I could tell, I was doing all the things—opening inside rein, supporting outside rein, inside leg back and asking for the hind foot to step, etc. I was thinking things like, “Gosh, she’s a little low energy today.” “Hm, I guess she’s forgotten all the practice we did with this last fall.” “Wow, she must be a bit burned out on this; I should have taken her out for some non-arena time yesterday.”
Take your pick. Commiserating with myself in this way, I continued through a frustrating repetition of tight, unsuccessful attempts.
Mary Gallagher: Excuse me, Mary T… as you know, the stories we tell about our horses are really about ourselves.
