Back in the Saddle Again

After a few days of ground work I decided it was time to saddle up and ride ol Chainsaw some more.  Last night I did some lateral flexing from the ground, lunged him a little, a few more de-sensitizing exercises and stepped on for a little ride.  Not much had changed, he stands really well to be saddled and to let me get on.  We started flexing from the saddle where he's really stiff still and needs lots of bending in the future.  He still thinks the boogey man is gonna get him at the far end of the arena, esp on the side towards the timber.  Still we did lots of ORS ( one rein stops) and flexing and had no major incidents while walking lots and trotting a little.  While I really want to get this show on the road it is kinda nice not to have a sore nose/head at the end of a ride.  Will keep after him and see how things progress.