Dressage Video

[Pinkwellies2]

Following on from dressage report earlier in week, have attached video of Novice test. Please ignore Charlie Chaplin feet, am mortified and will be making sure that gets sorted. Hubby lost me a for a while, too busy watching, after 1st canter transition but he catches up. Comments welcome
Thanks for watching

 

[Bananaman]

Not bad at all.

Sorry, I hadn't seen your earlier report but my comments would be along the lines of ......lovely , forward trot work with good rhythm. The canter could cover a little more ground and a shame about the early break on the first return to the track and the one just before the second half circle. (Just highlighting the fact that he could be a bit more in front of the rider's leg) The halt was a little progressive and above the bit for Novice.
However, a very pleasing test to watch and I should think that you scored well other than the two blips!
Well done, lovely horse.

 

[kerilli]

Very nice to watch, there's only a few little things i'd say, and that's being pretty pernickety tbh.
he's coming a little deep at times, i'd like him very slightly lighter in the hand maybe, just let his nose come up a tiny bit. think of the inside hand as being like a handbrake on the inside hindleg, and keep it light and soft.
my broadband reception's rubbish, so the vid was a bit jerky, which could be the problem - but i couldn't see any signs of half-halts before corners, changes of direction. i know they should be almost imperceptible, but the effect of them should show, and i didn't really see it... but it could be the vid's fault, so please don't take that comment amiss if so! it was lovely and forward, i just felt it could be a tiny bit more organised-looking, esp the corners etc. for e.g both returns to track in canter, i would have tried to come back to the track at less of an angle, and do a half-halt to rebalance and to give the horse the confidence that i wasn't going to send him into the corner at 45 degrees to the track, on the wrong leg! hope that makes sense. just a teensy bit more preparation.
the free walk on a long rein - lovely strides and rhythm, but i'd want him stretching down more, and by very gently tweaking one rein then the other as you walk across, you might be able to get that, and get an 8 or 9. (if you didn't already!)
that is really really all supposed to be constructive - very nice horse, very nicely ridden, honestly!
what percentage did you get, btw?

 

[Pinkwellies2]

Thank you both for your nice comments, everything you've both said pretty much agrees with the comments on the sheet. Was worried judge was a being a bit kind.

Bannaman, judge did comment on more implusion and better balance and jump in canter. Halt was my fault asked too soon.

Kerilli think we got a 7 for walk and judges comment was could stretch down more. Thanks for the tip on the canter back to track, will try that at home. Score was 70.5%

To be fair to the horse he didn't get a lot of help from me apart from sending him in the right directions, when my nerves kick in I tend to become a bit of a passenger. This was first novice test we've done, in fact only 2nd test in total, did the prelim first but didn't post that video as gibbering like a madwoman most of the way round.