Onward Bound

[Morganfan]

I'm in Australia and yesterday penciled for a Dressage Judge from the UK, . She frequently asked me to write the comment "Onward Bound" during a Canter movement. What did she mean? It is not a term I have heard before.

 

[cauda equina]

It sounds like an active, forward canter, perhaps too much so
What sort of marks was she giving for these movements?

 

[DabDab]

Horse is moving a little quick, and generally looks like they are struggling to keep their balance and they are going a bit quick in order to keep it

 

[Morganfan]

Thank you, she was marking it at 6.5 it was a Pony Club competition.

 

[Red-1]

Onward bound would be energetic, but not controlled energy, so the canter got a bit quick in mph over the ground rather than controlled. It could be the strides got a bit open. You could probably have heard the footfalls more than in a working canter