oldie48
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Rose and I did Nov30 for the Myquest comp today, as we were the only entry all we had to do to win and get our 10 points was get through the test. Great entry got an 8, this is going to go well I thought! Ha, Rose suddenly spooked at goodness knows what and we went careering across the arena. Long story short, car crash of a test but we got through with marks lost for error of course and lots of mistakes caused by tension and miscommunication. Felt a bit like sitting on an out of control sewing machine! Still 1st though with just over 56%
The team test Novice 27 but much better though and we got 68.57%, she changed in canter on one of the diagonals which was expensive so we missed top spot by a fraction of a %, however our team came 1st overall and I was not the discard score, so pleased with that.
It was a good learning curve today, the venue was busy with lots to look at, still not sure what spooked her but I'm told there was a horse bucking in the warm up which she would have seen but hey, I need to learn to manage the situation better and cope with things going wrong in a more proactive way but all in all, not a bad day out. I felt the judging was slightly generous but not as much as the AF comp I did the previous week.
The team test Novice 27 but much better though and we got 68.57%, she changed in canter on one of the diagonals which was expensive so we missed top spot by a fraction of a %, however our team came 1st overall and I was not the discard score, so pleased with that.
It was a good learning curve today, the venue was busy with lots to look at, still not sure what spooked her but I'm told there was a horse bucking in the warm up which she would have seen but hey, I need to learn to manage the situation better and cope with things going wrong in a more proactive way but all in all, not a bad day out. I felt the judging was slightly generous but not as much as the AF comp I did the previous week.