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poglet1991

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just wondered if people could give me an idea of what they do, suitable for a coloured class. i have one i normally do but wondered what others had thought of. cheers :)
 
I do mine on a figure of eight shape, showing my horses different paces, I always keep it short and sweet as the judges have a lot of horses to see. Finish off in front of the judge stand square and salute.
 
Short walk, figure of 8 trot, fig of 8 canter, extension down the long side if appropriate. For goodness sake keep it short, I've lost count of the number of times I've heard a judge say 'Where the heck is she going now?' about a long-winded competitor.
 
If there are alot in the class I would do a walk away, trot back, trot the top loop of a figure of 8 then instead of doing a second trot kick on into a canter 8 then extend.

If your horse is good enough, well schooled and well mannered enough then you could do it all backwards - walk away, walk to canter for the bend then straight into a gallop, steady up, canter an 8, trot an 8 then stop and salute. I generally only use that for evening performances where you really need to stabd out.
 
thanks guys, yeh im with the keeping it short and sweet lol. hopefully it all goes to plan and me and the ponky have a fun day out :D xx
 
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