jackpalfreyman
Well-Known Member
Bit of an update on my new life in the dressage world, and i can safely say im not missing eventing as of yet! What with the awful weather messing up everyones preperations with cancelled events etc etc, i wouldnt swap my indoor school for a wet windy gallops!!
Ok well thats not entirely true, i quite often find myself day dreaming about cross country, especially with that picture in eventing mag which brought it all flooding back to me. But then i hit the real world with a thud, and back to dressage.
I learn something new everyday, weather its on top a horse or from the ground. I have been (pleasantly) surprised and very impressed by the skill and logic that goes into producing a horse and learnt alot of valuable lessons from riding top horses which has improved my own feel and technique which i can transfer to my own pony to get the best out of her.
That in mind, i have had tia 1 year now, she has taught me so much and it is going to be very sad to let her go!
I took her to the winter semi's at addington the other week and did the open novice, finishing 15th with 64% which although might not sound much, i was chuffed to bits! Next stop, the winter finals at solihull to do the combined training, so i have to tackle a course of jumps somehow (probably very fast with lots of bucking and squeeling!!)
So here she is, had her a few months at this point.
And last week at the semi's
So good luck to everyone who is going competing, and if you are planning on eventing at some point, fingers crossed with the weather.
Ok well thats not entirely true, i quite often find myself day dreaming about cross country, especially with that picture in eventing mag which brought it all flooding back to me. But then i hit the real world with a thud, and back to dressage.
I learn something new everyday, weather its on top a horse or from the ground. I have been (pleasantly) surprised and very impressed by the skill and logic that goes into producing a horse and learnt alot of valuable lessons from riding top horses which has improved my own feel and technique which i can transfer to my own pony to get the best out of her.
That in mind, i have had tia 1 year now, she has taught me so much and it is going to be very sad to let her go!
I took her to the winter semi's at addington the other week and did the open novice, finishing 15th with 64% which although might not sound much, i was chuffed to bits! Next stop, the winter finals at solihull to do the combined training, so i have to tackle a course of jumps somehow (probably very fast with lots of bucking and squeeling!!)
So here she is, had her a few months at this point.
And last week at the semi's
So good luck to everyone who is going competing, and if you are planning on eventing at some point, fingers crossed with the weather.
