Four Seasons
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There's never been a boring day with Breitlingh... including competitions.
Our last competition was kind of interesting... she reared up twice infront of the judge.... out of nowhere. We still managed to score quite well, surprisingly. That was 5 months ago...
So yesterday my aim was to have two relaxed and flowing tests. In the first test Breitlingh was thinking too much and wanted to do the test by herself. So between the first and second test I rode her long and low, just to calm her down a bit.
I started the second test and she felt amazing! So relaxed and really listening to me... Just squeezed a fraction too long when going into right canter, so she got a shock. After that.... up she went!!!! High!!!! No idea what spooked her, but it caught her eye and she didn't like it! I thought she would actually flip-over, the way her head went up. Luckily she didn't, but she was very tense afterwards and I rode very carefully, so she wouldn't freak-out anymore.
Still very pleased how she went though. We came first in both tests with 67.69% and 65%!
Video of the second test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NCpverMTBQ&feature=youtu.be
And pics of her amazing spanish riding school impression....
Our last competition was kind of interesting... she reared up twice infront of the judge.... out of nowhere. We still managed to score quite well, surprisingly. That was 5 months ago...
So yesterday my aim was to have two relaxed and flowing tests. In the first test Breitlingh was thinking too much and wanted to do the test by herself. So between the first and second test I rode her long and low, just to calm her down a bit.
I started the second test and she felt amazing! So relaxed and really listening to me... Just squeezed a fraction too long when going into right canter, so she got a shock. After that.... up she went!!!! High!!!! No idea what spooked her, but it caught her eye and she didn't like it! I thought she would actually flip-over, the way her head went up. Luckily she didn't, but she was very tense afterwards and I rode very carefully, so she wouldn't freak-out anymore.
Still very pleased how she went though. We came first in both tests with 67.69% and 65%!
Video of the second test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NCpverMTBQ&feature=youtu.be
And pics of her amazing spanish riding school impression....