Farrier comes tomorrow, two days short of 6 weeks between trims.  The difference is obvious between getting them trimmed every 4 weeks to six weeks.  Haven't ridden out because of not wanting to force the easy boots on. 
     So that meant we had another 20 minutes under saddle in the arena.  Too hot and humid to do more.  I don't think we need to make what should be fun miserable by persevering even under crummy conditions. 
     Again, Balthazar made it obvious that he knew what the pattern was during the weave.  Why do we insist on thinking animals can't.  Think, that is.  He needed very little direction to walk through the weave.  Was too hot to trot but I walked very fast so he did trot a little and still did it correctly.  At the end I am asking him to side pass (full pass) to the far side of the drum so we can start the weave again.  He 'got' that today too.  Much much better.  Ridden work was very good.  The weave, cantering all good.  What we worked on today was bending through the corner in the arena going to the right.  Getting that correct is important but what is more important is being able to ask him, to work on it without him getting all stressed and turning into Pretty Pony No One Home, or PPNOH for short.  We weren't perfect today but he was much better about accepting the question and not getting stressed.  If I don't ask we go through the corner like a banana bent the wrong way.  We need the curve of his body to follow the curve of the turn which means, at this point, that I have to ask a little with the inside rein. 
     It's nice to have a plan.  Suspect that if we can work on these small things, not only to improve them, but to improve the trust that being asked is okay, it will have brilliant repercussions through the rest of our relationship.  Hung out together afterwards, all very low key, familiar, NICE.