Continuing from her warm up in another video, Laura works on simple changes with the 5 year old Joey. Everything is broken down into small units to make it easier. Laura begins with walk-canter, canter-walk transitions on both reins. Using the arena boards to back Joey off in the downwards transitions, Laura keeps engagement in the canter but gives the contact immediately to encourage a free walk. She says, "if Joey isn't in front of the leg, it's impossible to make a clean transition to walk." With youngsters, the aids need to be obvious to avoid confusion but gauging how much work is enough is critical, as once fatigue sets in the quality diminishes!