sasquatch
Well-Known Member
I'm at a local competition yard so thankfully no travelling, but I'm still going to have to be up early.
Will be at the yard extra early to sort B and in the hope that if he is very wet/sweaty I'll have time to dry him and plait him - we're on at half 11 I think.
I have a black show jacket, white/cream breeches, show shirt, black tall boots, am borrowing stocks and stock pin. I don't own a pair of gloves or ride in gloves though. I have a white numnah, plain browband (am guessing the one with the spanish red and yellow leather woven through it won't be acceptable) and can change him from his grackle to a plain cavesson, and he's in a loose ring so his bit is dressage legal at least.
We're doing Intro C, although I'm starting to wonder if I'm looking at the wrong test as it has a 3 loop serpentine and give and take with 2 10m circles.
will try and get pictures, I have no one coming down to help me or even spectate for me as family are busy (also need to find a caller as I am panicking about if I am learning the right test or not)
another few questions -
as it's intro, will I be penalised for not rising in my trot? I've found B is more responsive and works more from his hind end in sitting trot. I also feel like my lower leg is steadier especially on my bad leg, and especially in my tall boots. am tempted to do it in my jumping saddle as my lovely knee rolls hold me so securely.
I can rise, but find I end up flapping a bit. only problem is in sitting trot sometimes my hands will bounce and sometimes I actually think about my position and what I am doing and that's when I lose all ability to sit to my trot.
what should I do with hair? I have lost my hairnets, so would a bun that is pinned at the bottom of my hat do? my hair isn't long, it's just past my shoulders, and will usually stay when pinned and hair sprayed.
next question is would a spanish-type plait be acceptable for a horse with a mane to their shoulder? sharers have left his mane down before, which tbh I don't like as I think it ends up looking lazy and gets caught in his reins. He hasn't got any breeding, but is a LW cob and atm is unclipped and has minimal feather and beard (similar to the same amount of feather a Welsh cob would get)
Will be at the yard extra early to sort B and in the hope that if he is very wet/sweaty I'll have time to dry him and plait him - we're on at half 11 I think.
I have a black show jacket, white/cream breeches, show shirt, black tall boots, am borrowing stocks and stock pin. I don't own a pair of gloves or ride in gloves though. I have a white numnah, plain browband (am guessing the one with the spanish red and yellow leather woven through it won't be acceptable) and can change him from his grackle to a plain cavesson, and he's in a loose ring so his bit is dressage legal at least.
We're doing Intro C, although I'm starting to wonder if I'm looking at the wrong test as it has a 3 loop serpentine and give and take with 2 10m circles.
will try and get pictures, I have no one coming down to help me or even spectate for me as family are busy (also need to find a caller as I am panicking about if I am learning the right test or not)
another few questions -
as it's intro, will I be penalised for not rising in my trot? I've found B is more responsive and works more from his hind end in sitting trot. I also feel like my lower leg is steadier especially on my bad leg, and especially in my tall boots. am tempted to do it in my jumping saddle as my lovely knee rolls hold me so securely.
I can rise, but find I end up flapping a bit. only problem is in sitting trot sometimes my hands will bounce and sometimes I actually think about my position and what I am doing and that's when I lose all ability to sit to my trot.
what should I do with hair? I have lost my hairnets, so would a bun that is pinned at the bottom of my hat do? my hair isn't long, it's just past my shoulders, and will usually stay when pinned and hair sprayed.
next question is would a spanish-type plait be acceptable for a horse with a mane to their shoulder? sharers have left his mane down before, which tbh I don't like as I think it ends up looking lazy and gets caught in his reins. He hasn't got any breeding, but is a LW cob and atm is unclipped and has minimal feather and beard (similar to the same amount of feather a Welsh cob would get)
) dressage on my little cob with a spanish plait and we got comments on our test sheets a few times on how smartly he was turned out!
