Ferdinase514
Well-Known Member
Taken me 2 days to post this as the forum has been so slow
Took Mr McCoul to Widmer Farm for the Central Region selection day, on Sat. There were 17 people trying out from Prelim to Adv Med, with Central plnning to send 3 teams, of 4 people, selected from Prelim-Novice, Elem-Med & Adv Med-PSG + one from any category.
We had to ride through the test, then do an interview to test our team spirit
and then a 20min training session with Chris Porterfield (List 2 judge) to test our trainability and knowledge of the scales of training. Marks were given for each section and added to our test score for a final mark.
For various boring reasons, Finn and I were doing prelim, despite the fact we have now moved back up to Novice, but since that is what we had entered we did it anyway.
Test went well (prelim 17), not amazing - went a bit wiggly on me in the corners. Judge obviously thought differently - we scored 72.9%!!
First set of marks were 8,8,7,8,8,9! The 9 being for his free walk. **Tor collapses with shock** Collectives were 8,7,6,7 comment being "Superb horse, with huge ability".
Finn and I have worked so hard recently, to sort my riding out before moving back up to the level we were competing at and it is obviously paying off!
Interview was fine and training session very helpful. Had a great day watching all the others and now just have to wait to hear whether have been selected and for my final score. Will prob hear at beginning of Sept
Took Mr McCoul to Widmer Farm for the Central Region selection day, on Sat. There were 17 people trying out from Prelim to Adv Med, with Central plnning to send 3 teams, of 4 people, selected from Prelim-Novice, Elem-Med & Adv Med-PSG + one from any category.
We had to ride through the test, then do an interview to test our team spirit
For various boring reasons, Finn and I were doing prelim, despite the fact we have now moved back up to Novice, but since that is what we had entered we did it anyway.
Test went well (prelim 17), not amazing - went a bit wiggly on me in the corners. Judge obviously thought differently - we scored 72.9%!!
Finn and I have worked so hard recently, to sort my riding out before moving back up to the level we were competing at and it is obviously paying off!
Interview was fine and training session very helpful. Had a great day watching all the others and now just have to wait to hear whether have been selected and for my final score. Will prob hear at beginning of Sept
Only 17 entrants? 
