🧩 Caroline and Chico are back! Coach Ali starts by checking that their straightness improvements from the previous sessions are still in place. The progress to improving balance in transitions—Chico would tend to overbend and drop onto his forehand, so Ali helps the partnership find more balanced transitions.

🐎 The session progresses to a first attempt at shoulder in and then formulating the Ride Biomechanics recipe that Caroline and Chico can use to develop this lateral movement further. They finish the session in canter, again building straightness, which in turn improves Chico’s balance.

⬆️ Straightness is a golden thread that runs through all of Ali’s coaching, because when both rider and horse are straight, they can build strength, suppleness, and the magical moments start to happen.