Time

I've been working and riding Whisper 5 days giving her 2 consecutive days off since we started work back. The early training issue glaring at me is regression from the horse that calmed and collected on longe and then under saddle 7 days ago, to a horse that is having trouble standing in cross ties just to be tacked, resorting to weaving and pawing.

Each day I work her, the horse coming into the ring is a little higher. Yesterday it took what felt like an hour to work her down on longe before getting on and then when I did it was clear that she was not touching the ground.

Her adrenaline seems to be increasing over our sessions instead of ebbing. Overall, Whisper has moments of greatness and connection, that flow into complete disconnect, then back again. She feels like she panics and wants to run off the fear and in those moments she is not thinking or aware of the anything.

With time, just doing it over and over again, those moments of good will hopefully last longer.

In the meantime, I will deal with my fear of her bolting with no regard towards her rider. If I can deal with that, I can push through these stages and see what is on the other side.