went up to the yard today for cuddles and a quick ride. Lots of transitions, changes of rein/bend etc and played about with trying to change his stride. 13 canter strides down long side of school in normal working canter, and managed to get 11 and 16. Did the same thing in walk and trot also, in trot mostly concentrated on getting him to really stride out and 'bounce' forward rather than lazily drag himself from behind! He worked really well today and was really pleased with him, also noticed def getting better canter transitions now.