Here are some photos taken in late June of Violet bringing her best efforts to her flatwork, working on being supple, engaged, and soft. She and I are working toward that. She's working hard because she's a thoroughbred and has never had to work so collected before. And she's only had rough-handed me. So, we are working together to unlock her tight little jaws. And I am working hard not to be handsy and hard. Things are not as bad as I make them sound -- I'm just saying that Violet and I are taking dressage lessons and working with Stacey to be a real team, engaged and sensitively communicating. I love her!!