Muddywellies
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My query is aimed at Adv Med riders and above. When you started AM, did you have established changes? Or did you just stick your neck out and give it a go anyway, hoping that in time the changes improve ?
Well, they shouldn’t be.Don’t wait crack on. AM classes are full of horse rider combos that aren’t quite there yet!
Opinions are like bum holes, we all got oneWell, they shouldn’t be.
Don’t wait crack on. AM classes are full of horse rider combos that aren’t quite there yet! Training against the wall helped me!
Exactly! My dad used to play tennis and if he didn’t win he used to say he came second!And that's assuming the classes are full!
First AM I did, I fluffed up a few things out of brain drain, but as there were only two in the class I still felt like a winner
But it's a COMPETITION, which in theory means that you are there to compete, which in my mind would entail having the ability, at least in theory, to win. If you're just there for the jolly then you should either be at a training clinic or hors de concours. There are always no-hopers I suppose, but they can be excused as deluded. Deliberately entering a competition for which you are unprepared is madness, or is this the good old British having a bash/laugh principle in action? Being of an extremely competitive nature it's something that I find particularly bemusing.Bum hole !! For me it’s horses for courses and some people are driven by needing the test to be perfect and other people can get very stressed and fixated on a movement that’s not quite there. I agree a dressage test isn’t a playground but BD is about encouraging horse and rider combinations and I think if you can hit the 60 ish percent in a test you’ve earned you’re place while you work on stuff.
In my opinion/bum hole, competitions are different from playgrounds. I don’t feel the need to explain what a competition is, or maybe it is different in the UK? Advanced Medium is a level that really shouldn’t contain horses and riders that can’t do the things that are required in the test: surely the whole and entire point of doing a test is to prove that you can? If you need further training then do it (the training, I mean, not the test, obvs).
But it's a COMPETITION, which in theory means that you are there to compete, which in my mind would entail having the ability, at least in theory, to win. If you're just there for the jolly then you should either be at a training clinic or hors de concours. There are always no-hopers I suppose, but they can be excused as deluded. Deliberately entering a competition for which you are unprepared is madness, or is this the good old British having a bash/laugh principle in action? Being of an extremely competitive nature it's something that I find particularly bemusing.
I would have thought that by the time someone is competing at Advanced Medium they would have had sufficient time in an arena not to need "ring experience"? Just a grumpy old retired competitor who took it very seriously.
I kind of like grumpy and old .. I’m also nailing it . And I agree about going out to win for me personally but it doesn’t suit everyone, horses for courses and all that!I would have thought that by the time someone is competing at Advanced Medium they would have had sufficient time in an arena not to need "ring experience"? Just a grumpy old retired competitor who took it very seriously.
You put it very eloquently! The next level up is always a shock as it’s not just harder movements but also a sharper and quicker change of movements which I think helps improve the level below!Actually, when stepping up, a lot of amateurs do need a bit of ring practice at the next level.
This is where it's useful to understand different perspectives.
A hardened pro isn't going to want to go into a ring and show up training holes.
But for a lot of amateurs it's a part of life/learning.
Bum hole !! For me it’s horses for courses and some people are driven by needing the test to be perfect and other people can get very stressed and fixated on a movement that’s not quite there. I agree a dressage test isn’t a playground but BD is about encouraging horse and rider combinations and I think if you can hit the 60 ish percent in a test you’ve earned you’re place while you work on stuff.
But you can train and train at home. At some point you have to go and do that in a 'competition' environment and sure as eggs is eggs, you'll fluff it up first few times. Take a lot of attempts in competition environments to produce a decent test. So applying your theory, how is one supposed to get competition experience?In my opinion/bum hole, competitions are different from playgrounds. I don’t feel the need to explain what a competition is, or maybe it is different in the UK? Advanced Medium is a level that really shouldn’t contain horses and riders that can’t do the things that are required in the test: surely the whole and entire point of doing a test is to prove that you can? If you need further training then do it (the training, I mean, not the test, obvs).