Scout had a write up on Dr. Ellison's Pathogenes blog.

http://pathogenes.com/blog/2012/01/22/another-riddle/

I am so excited that her work continues to help hundreds of horses and has recently been written about in
the vet journal of med .    She continues to not only work on the EPM s.neorona issues, but issues related to other organisms and animals.  I am so lucky to have been part of this field study.

Rufus, the barn cat, hanging out in my tack locker.  Look at that face  ;-)

 Scout has been awesome lately.  We worked on sit trot/canter transitions today.   Smooth, smooth, smooth!!!  I recently figured out he responds better to inside leg for canter, so I've adjusted my riding to suit his preference and it's all good.  We have been  doing a lot of canter work.  In the beginning, it was a lot of just cantering around the indoor. Reins in one hand, dressage whip in the other.  I had to convince him that "yes you can keep a canter stride for longer than 10 seconds".  At first I let him run himself onto his forehand and dive to a halt or walk.  But now he's strong enough to keep a canter...it took some urging at the start.  I think he was unsure he could canter around the whole arena.  Last week I just decided we were done putzing around about it and carried the dressage whip.  We got  a  nice depart and after 5 strides I could feel him starting to get heavy in front so I just touched him with the whip at my leg and whoosh! he strided out again like the Scout of old!
So it hasn't been real pretty, me riding in my jump saddle, reins in one hand, whip in the other, but it's been very effective.  We probably look out of control but I am happy right now that he wants to gallop down the long sides.  He needs a lot of help around the corners still.  I have to hold the outside rein steady and squeeze the inside rein to keep him balanced, but he has so much more impulsion and power again.  I can actually sit down and enjoy most of the ride instead of prodding him on.  We are up to three canter laps each way without breaking stride.  He is also starting to relax about the departs.  Today's sit trot was collected and springy so he just effortlessly lifted onto the canter lead.

 I have really missed that.