Dressage today- Over the moon with him

[polyphonic]

I entered him in for the walk and trot test last week and this morning was the show down! What a remarkable change I saw in him today. He was extremely quiet working in and didnt mind that we had to share the warm up with "pretend eventers" zooming around without much thought to others or of horse etiquette(sp)
I couldnt get the litte bugger out the warm up into the ring (que stomping feet and hissy fit) so to keep things quiet and calm I asked my friend to lead him in (oh the shame!)
I wasnt in it to win it so to speak I just wanted to see if I could keep him calm in a ring....
As soon as he got in there he turned into a little gentleman and did nearly everything I asked of him. I couldnt of been more pleased with him...going away with a rossette wouldnt of been the joy of it- the fact that this was our first show back together and we did well was award enough... well the little man managed to give me a score of 67.69% and got us 3rd place. To think he has only been back 7 weeks with me and how well he has got back into work- Im very happy with him.
I overheard someone say today "shall we watch this lady in the ring" and her friend said "no- its only walk and trot" and started laughing- I felt like saying to you its a walk and trot test but to me its everything- cheers Flint!!!

 

[jesterfaerie]

Congratulations, he looks fantastic in the picture and sounds like he rode that way too.
Glad to hear things are coming together so well for you both now, long may it contiune.

 

[CastleMouse]

Well done! You both look fantastic

 

[Hornby]

Sounds great - well done and nice to see his condition still improving.

 

[carthorse]

Hey , nearly missed this you could have put it in comp. riders .
Great result ,do not get hooked on dressage, you look very smart

. So you worried about someone saying 'it is only a walk and trot test'

but you didn't mind them saying ' lets watch this lady'

Were they talking about you?

lol.
Well done Pete and Flint.

 

[*hic*]

Yippeee!

So pleased for you both.

 

[polyphonic]

LOL! oh I was watching the others in the canteen when they said it- so wasnt talking about me! though I do often get called a lady on the phone! ha

 

[carthorse]

That's ok then ,Rafi had a brilliant day ,posted in comp. think he must have told Flint how to do the posh trot

 

[jess_asterix]

well done, thats super

 

[polyphonic]

then can flint come back to yours so Rafi can tell him how to canter!
Happy to hear your getting on so well!

 

[Weezy]

Oh Pete that is a brilliant result - well done

 

[S_N]

That is awesome! news!! WELL DONE you guys!! As for that comment - morons!!

 

[Solstar]

thats great! welldone!

 

[AgentM]

well done! Gorgeous horse

 

[L00bey]

well done, he is looking gorg as ever

 

[mickey]

Well done! It's such a fantastic story - you getting Flint back and now really enjoying stuff.....you could make a film!

Your score is very respectable and he looks good in the photo.

 

[Zoobie]

you must be really chuffed and how posh do the pair of you look. Well done.

 

[Natch]

Oh brilliant well done!

 

[Gorgeous George]

Oh well done that's fantastic news!

 

[Elise]

That's great news

Flint is looking so much better than the photos of when he first came back. No wonder you are happy with him

That's funny you are called a lady on the phone...pmsl!!!

 

[catembi]

Well done - he looks fab & sooo much better than he did when you first got him back.

 

[debradley]

Wow fantastic news. Looks stunning. Pleased it's going so well for you both. Your next aim is to get in there without the lead!!! LOL

 

[ponyclubnicole]

what a lovely story, I have one that has a fit sometimes and is quite embarrassing but I love him anyway so much.

well done he looks lovely!!

 

[wizoz]

Yey, well done Pete and Flintus

I'm so thrilled for you and a 3rd, OMG, how chuffed are you?

Really really fantastically ecstatic for you.

xx

 

[buffy2]

Well done.

 

[Pidge]

Fab result Pete, well done

 

[custard]

That's brilliant news, he looks great!

 

[asbo]

well done