I_A_P
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Nearly said Intro!!
Been very nervous all week and have been trying to drum into myself that it is all for fun and i should not worry about the outcome - easier said than done!
Got up at 5am this morning and got plaited- D was obviously not amused and was trying to bite my leg and push me off the stool.
Went down to the dressage warm up - he felt ok...i just have to have a fairly firm contact atm especially to start with then give when he gives. He actually warmed up better than expected and practised a few transitions etc. Decided to do the test in my jumping saddle today as just felt i could get my leg on more and have not really ridden in my dressage saddle much!
Went in and did quite a nice test.. stayed in the arena anyway!! Got both canter transtions well although a bit abrupt...and the ones down could have been better.
Came out feeling quite happy with that.
Show jumping warm up- decided to go in my full cheek snaffle as thats what he has been show jumping in all winter. He was being so strong in the warm up and was not listening even after transitions and circling him a lot. Decided to put in Madhector's (thankyou!!!) Neue Shule universal ...still was not great but took him in. Jumped no 1 & 2 fine, was putting his neck down coming into no.3 which was actually the smallest fence and took that down.
Turned to no.4 where he was eyeing up the Novice fence in front of him and we really didn't get a very good stride as he was pulling into it on such a long canter and had that down as well. Jumped the rest clear.
I am going to try the same over the next two weeks but with the curb strap actually coming in to effect as it was far too loose today!
Bit disapointed as he has been jumping double clears BN but its different on grass!Hopefully once i have got more play with the length of his stride it will help as well!
Was a bit
about going xc - not sure what to do. Decided to go back to my snaffle as i didn't want him to start fighting the other bit half way round. Warmed up just tried to sj everything and he was ok.
Set off nice and steady (looked like i was going for a hack
) i realised he would be okay and then kicked on. He was super confident and jumped everything nicely and just "locked" on and knew exactly what he was doing...went clear
I actually ended up with 8.8 penalties which is fair enough as i started so steady!
Found out i had got 34 in the dressage
which is the best BE mark to date and iirc the best we have probably had anywhere. Very very pleased especially as flatwork practise has been so limited.
So ended on 50.2 which is not a placing but all in all a good day. Just need to play around with the sj. Its hard as i don't want him to start fighting a stronger bit but then i want control as well!!
Saw Madhector and Blaze - looked lovely...shall let her say how she got on later.
There was a fall there today in the BE90 SJ- Madhector saw it...sounded like another bad horse fall...not sure on the full situation but i hope that the rider is ok.
Thanks for reading!
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Been very nervous all week and have been trying to drum into myself that it is all for fun and i should not worry about the outcome - easier said than done!
Got up at 5am this morning and got plaited- D was obviously not amused and was trying to bite my leg and push me off the stool.
Went down to the dressage warm up - he felt ok...i just have to have a fairly firm contact atm especially to start with then give when he gives. He actually warmed up better than expected and practised a few transitions etc. Decided to do the test in my jumping saddle today as just felt i could get my leg on more and have not really ridden in my dressage saddle much!
Went in and did quite a nice test.. stayed in the arena anyway!! Got both canter transtions well although a bit abrupt...and the ones down could have been better.
Came out feeling quite happy with that.
Show jumping warm up- decided to go in my full cheek snaffle as thats what he has been show jumping in all winter. He was being so strong in the warm up and was not listening even after transitions and circling him a lot. Decided to put in Madhector's (thankyou!!!) Neue Shule universal ...still was not great but took him in. Jumped no 1 & 2 fine, was putting his neck down coming into no.3 which was actually the smallest fence and took that down.
Turned to no.4 where he was eyeing up the Novice fence in front of him and we really didn't get a very good stride as he was pulling into it on such a long canter and had that down as well. Jumped the rest clear.
I am going to try the same over the next two weeks but with the curb strap actually coming in to effect as it was far too loose today!
Bit disapointed as he has been jumping double clears BN but its different on grass!Hopefully once i have got more play with the length of his stride it will help as well!
Was a bit
Set off nice and steady (looked like i was going for a hack
Found out i had got 34 in the dressage
So ended on 50.2 which is not a placing but all in all a good day. Just need to play around with the sj. Its hard as i don't want him to start fighting a stronger bit but then i want control as well!!
Saw Madhector and Blaze - looked lovely...shall let her say how she got on later.
There was a fall there today in the BE90 SJ- Madhector saw it...sounded like another bad horse fall...not sure on the full situation but i hope that the rider is ok.
Thanks for reading!
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