Lunged Magic in front of the barn. He did good on the ground poles. He crossed two poles at the trot. He is not as aggressive with the ground poles as Newt but he does not have any problem with them. We rode to the arena and did the normal exercises. Magic may slowly be improving those exercises. Sometimes he seems to bend and respond like magic; Sometimes he does not seem to respond as well. I started the canter up the centerline. We started it on the right rein but he took the left lead. We cantered a full arena round and maybe two rounds of the circle. He is calm at the canter. We started to ride around the Oak pasture and I saw the gate up to Shirey Mountain was open. We rode up the road and just a little on top. Magic whinnied once showing that he was aware that we were alone. He seems very confident and passes up good chances to spook. His behavior was very good. I rode back to the barn. Magic enjoys doing new things like cow work and trail riding and I think it will give him enthusiasm. It was a good ride.
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