She’s the queen of bedight, she
side steps like a knight and tacks
like a bishop at sea.

She can counter a canter, walk
trot an enchanter, with a leg
yield she changes the lead.

She can turn on her haunches
traverse as she launches, a
transition position to please.

A pirouette on the back means
give her some slack while a flying
change will give her some ease.

If she makes a half pass, by
cocking her ***, her hind
quarters a merely a tease.

But before your engagement
make sure the arrangement
has room for a full serpentine.

Because you might just regret
while working up sweat she’ll free
walk, and then bolt, it’s routine.

You could pull on the bit, try a
shoulder fore fit, a renverse
will tell you she’s keen.

If she tries to re-volte, time she
knows your the colt, make contact
and then intervene.

It’s the covering room, she’s the
bride your the groom wear blinkers
then she’ll know what you mean.

When there's no way of knowing,
the true way of going, suppleness
has got to be seen.

Thoroughness pays, in those early
days, because with thoroughbreds,
theres’s no in between.

You’ll have made your first gaffe, if
she does a Piaffe, “ Regrett-e-Rien "
if she’s never again seen.