black_horse
Well-Known Member
My trainer rode dee in a BD show held at the yard today. My leg has been playing up so for now i am out of the saddle. Delicia has started to come on, she has a long way to go in terms of self carriage and accepting the bridle more but we are starting to get there.
It was blooming freezing today and very windy (was wondering why we were bothering
) however there were some lovely horses there today (met tegan who was lovely and fell inlove with her cob 
)
Dee warmed up well and went in the first test, elementary 45. We had a few moments, she is becoming a little bit more settled in her canter work but still a long way to go.
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I was pleased with her but she still got a bit too strong toward the end and sebsequaintly got tense. This reflected (quite rightly) in her marks, we won the class but got 60%, the judge mentioning her obvious talent but that her tension let her down at times.
The second class was for schooling purposes really, elementary 59 is a rather long and horrid test and two lots of half ten metre circles with simple changes (not good movements for a hot horse), and although she did the movements, she broke out of canter to do her big trot instead or went too deep at times in her head (despite the fact emma was pretty much throwing the reins at her) and although we came second i felt she let herself down a tad (the horse not the trainer)!
So overall, in this horrid weather was a success (met fellow HHO'ers *waves hello*), it definetly highlighted the work that although is getting better still has a way to go. But i already knew this.
Was nice that it highlighted to me that it wasnt my leg that causes it as dee threw the same dummy at an able bodied rider.
It was blooming freezing today and very windy (was wondering why we were bothering
) however there were some lovely horses there today (met tegan who was lovely and fell inlove with her cob )Dee warmed up well and went in the first test, elementary 45. We had a few moments, she is becoming a little bit more settled in her canter work but still a long way to go.
[youtube]RlGu3TZgtJE[/youtube]
I was pleased with her but she still got a bit too strong toward the end and sebsequaintly got tense. This reflected (quite rightly) in her marks, we won the class but got 60%, the judge mentioning her obvious talent but that her tension let her down at times.
The second class was for schooling purposes really, elementary 59 is a rather long and horrid test and two lots of half ten metre circles with simple changes (not good movements for a hot horse), and although she did the movements, she broke out of canter to do her big trot instead or went too deep at times in her head (despite the fact emma was pretty much throwing the reins at her) and although we came second i felt she let herself down a tad (the horse not the trainer)!
So overall, in this horrid weather was a success (met fellow HHO'ers *waves hello*), it definetly highlighted the work that although is getting better still has a way to go. But i already knew this.
Was nice that it highlighted to me that it wasnt my leg that causes it as dee threw the same dummy at an able bodied rider.
