Sit_Up
Well-Known Member
For those of you who remeber my post about 6 weeks ago about our making the judges cry with laughter and cantering out of the arena....Our latest test.......
Had to have 4 weeks off with bad back (me) & lameness(her). So been back in work a couple of weeks. Fat hairy coblet and I decided to have another go.
Started with walk and trot test (cunning plan I thought). Warmed up fine, got into arena up to A end of school, turned to enter up the centre line.....Lept and cantered sideways towards exit, the baggage. Managed to pull her up in line with B, but had not entered the arena yet!!! Gave her a swift pony club kick and took hold of the front end (not pretty but I was going into that arena. Got through the whole test a bit tense and strong at times (but lovley free walk on long rein ~ how does that work??), but we completed and got a 65% (nearly fell off at that) and half way up the class.
Warmed up for prelim 4, bit nervous about cantering, but she was nice in warm up AND we got right lead canter (YAY).
Into school for test, decided to enter arena from other side (another cunning plan) and she started being nappy ~ but couple of pony club kicks later and again a stronger hold than I would have liked. She was still arguing for the first couple of moves and the centre line was appalling, but we started a nice canter....turned into flat out down the long side towards the exit. Good job we had a 20m circle (OK so I had 2 hands on the inside rein and we started the circle a little early) but then she settled and we finished the move quite well. She gave up with trying to p*ss off with me and I was pleased with finish. Judge must have wondered what was going on when OH and sister were on the sidelines cheering and I did a Henman fistpump and huge YES on the way out of the arena.
Low 50s score and bottom of the class.. BUT a HUGE smile on my face today.
Is it really pathetic to be SO pleased about staying in the arena??
Pony 1 Rider 2
Had to have 4 weeks off with bad back (me) & lameness(her). So been back in work a couple of weeks. Fat hairy coblet and I decided to have another go.
Started with walk and trot test (cunning plan I thought). Warmed up fine, got into arena up to A end of school, turned to enter up the centre line.....Lept and cantered sideways towards exit, the baggage. Managed to pull her up in line with B, but had not entered the arena yet!!! Gave her a swift pony club kick and took hold of the front end (not pretty but I was going into that arena. Got through the whole test a bit tense and strong at times (but lovley free walk on long rein ~ how does that work??), but we completed and got a 65% (nearly fell off at that) and half way up the class.
Warmed up for prelim 4, bit nervous about cantering, but she was nice in warm up AND we got right lead canter (YAY).
Into school for test, decided to enter arena from other side (another cunning plan) and she started being nappy ~ but couple of pony club kicks later and again a stronger hold than I would have liked. She was still arguing for the first couple of moves and the centre line was appalling, but we started a nice canter....turned into flat out down the long side towards the exit. Good job we had a 20m circle (OK so I had 2 hands on the inside rein and we started the circle a little early) but then she settled and we finished the move quite well. She gave up with trying to p*ss off with me and I was pleased with finish. Judge must have wondered what was going on when OH and sister were on the sidelines cheering and I did a Henman fistpump and huge YES on the way out of the arena.
Low 50s score and bottom of the class.. BUT a HUGE smile on my face today.
Is it really pathetic to be SO pleased about staying in the arena??
Pony 1 Rider 2
