Ali haltered Blue and led him out into the barn aisle. She cross tied him and went to grab her brushes. Ali brushed and saddled Blue. The pair then relaxed as they waited for their lesson student to arrive.

Ali intended to dive right into teaching Grace the barrel pattern, as she knew the girl had been taking riding lessons for a while. Grace knew the basics and could walk, trot, canter, and check her leads and diagonals. With Blue’s patience, the intermediate rider should do just fine.