Wheels
Well-Known Member
The winter season for the regional Dressage Ireland regions run from October to March with a league at each level and a championship show at the end and there is also a national championship show for those that qualify.
I was all fired up to try and qualify for the Prelim and Novice national classes but we had a late start to the season - M was off with a minor soft tissue injury and then I decided to take him barefoot. So January ended up being our first show and with only 4 shows left from that point I decided to concentrate on prelim.
February was the craziest weather month ever, 1 show postponed to the following weekend and then cancelled saw our season shrink even more but kudos to the committee that managed to squeeze in another date at the start of March.
M has done brilliantly at every show, started off a bit tense and lacklustre but scores have improved every time out and we have been placed at every show which shows his consistent improvements. Hes put up with whatever the weather threw at him with plenty of freezing weather, wind, hail, snow and rain along the way both in training and at the shows. It's a testament to his character that he worked his way through it like a pro.
Our multiple wins and placings meant that we came 2nd in the prelim league which is amazing since we missed over half of the shows.
Unfortunately the regionals and nationals have now been cancelled due to the coronavirus but we've had good fun getting to this point.
I would imagine there will be quite a number of weeks / months before any more registered shows are on the cards but we will continue training, get ready for some novices and elems when the shows start again and maybe do some online comps, we will then wait to see what happens
I was all fired up to try and qualify for the Prelim and Novice national classes but we had a late start to the season - M was off with a minor soft tissue injury and then I decided to take him barefoot. So January ended up being our first show and with only 4 shows left from that point I decided to concentrate on prelim.
February was the craziest weather month ever, 1 show postponed to the following weekend and then cancelled saw our season shrink even more but kudos to the committee that managed to squeeze in another date at the start of March.
M has done brilliantly at every show, started off a bit tense and lacklustre but scores have improved every time out and we have been placed at every show which shows his consistent improvements. Hes put up with whatever the weather threw at him with plenty of freezing weather, wind, hail, snow and rain along the way both in training and at the shows. It's a testament to his character that he worked his way through it like a pro.
Our multiple wins and placings meant that we came 2nd in the prelim league which is amazing since we missed over half of the shows.
Unfortunately the regionals and nationals have now been cancelled due to the coronavirus but we've had good fun getting to this point.
I would imagine there will be quite a number of weeks / months before any more registered shows are on the cards but we will continue training, get ready for some novices and elems when the shows start again and maybe do some online comps, we will then wait to see what happens