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This video and pictures were taken on July 1st, during Kelsey's second exercise ride on Renny. He's such an unbelievably good boy. He's working so hard for her and he's getting better with everyone all the time. So, for example, this past week, on Monday, I rode him in a free hack and he did a little whinny widgets dressage routine, rode around the farm, and then jumped crossrails for me. Sweet. Then on Wednesday, he was ridden by a little 11 year-old girl. He was quiet, thoughtful, hardworking, sensible. He cantered sweetly in a circle of cones in both directions and he cantered sets of jumps for her. He's amazing. Then he had a private lesson on Thursday and was super and sweet at serpentines, cones, and lots of transitions. And then he did an amazing ground pole exercise which required him to extend and collect his trot over sets of 3 poles and then canter a circle of poles. He did this quietly in both directions like a pro. And then today, Saturday, I rode him with spurs to help him with transitions. And he learned in like two seconds -- respond to grandma's lighter aids in order to avoid the spur. He was awesome. He was light in my hands, sweet, flexible, engaged. He was super on lateral aids and was happy to shallow serpentine through cones. He was happy to do a trot to halt to trot to canter and circle and halt and change to the other directions exercise. He's just happy to deliver. He's so handsome and wonderful and he looks like a fabulous fit sexy sport pony! I love him.