Pip and Fishy Matters

Hurrah, I'm back to riding Pip. So far, he hasn't tried to buck me off. In a solo lesson with Marc, I think I finally learned how to hold Pip's mouth, which is to say firmly but without hanging on it. It's a delicate balance between giving him courage and not checking him. I've always been too soft with him, afraid to hurt. Marc has told me that over and over, but it's a different matter sensing it for oneself. God, I hated feeling like a coward.

Knock on wood that it lasts.

Meanwhile, I'...