Fahrenheit
Well-Known Member
It was the SHB(GB) Stallion Grading today at Addington, I can't give you the full list for horses that have past because we didn't watch everyone
but...
TEDDY past
Well done Mat and Teddy
This is how our day went
He was a little bit naughty in the trot up, he decided that standing square just wasn't the done thing anymore and he also decided that he fancied his daddy and got his willy out for assesment as well **sniggers**
(luckily it was clean because he like having it hosed during his baths
)
Then came the ridden assessment, on the flat he was a really good boy and was really trying (he had his little I am trying REALLY hard look on, which everyone adores
), he didn't go quite as well as he does usually but thats because he hasn't done much for a couple of weeks because he hasn't got a saddle that fits well at the moment, he's waiting for an appointment with the saddle fitter because he has changed shape soooooo much recently that his almost new dressage saddle doesn't touch him anymore and none of the other saddles between our two yards fit him well either but we took him in Cordy's show jumping saddle
which was the best of the bunch...
He then had to jump under saddle, which he behaved beautifully in, he was really relaxed and really seemed to enjoy popping round the fences
Then came the loose assesment and loose jumping, he really trotted lovely loose and was very pingy and he loose jumped really well, though did start to look a little tired towards the end and started giving us the... can we stop now look everytime he came round to where we were holding him whilst they adjusted the fences...
So we stopped outside and because we were in the second from last of the morning session, we only had to wait a few minutes to find out if he had past or not and he had
I can't remember what all of his scores were because you have to give the sheets back and they send them out later... but the ones that stuck in my memory were an 8.5 for paces, carriage and elasticity (absolutely delighted with that!!
) 8 for his loose jumping
AND he also scored highly for his jumping under saddle which we were delighted with has he has hardly done any jumping at all really... he show jumps occassionally for fun at home but not often and has been on one outing to Summerhouse on course hire day but they had also written a lovely comment about how relaxed, willing and attentive he was in the jumping under saddle bit, which was lovely!!
I think Mat has done a fantastic job with Teds and Teddy is a real credit to him and his attention to schooling
Well done
TEDDY past
Well done Mat and Teddy
This is how our day went
He was a little bit naughty in the trot up, he decided that standing square just wasn't the done thing anymore and he also decided that he fancied his daddy and got his willy out for assesment as well **sniggers**
Then came the ridden assessment, on the flat he was a really good boy and was really trying (he had his little I am trying REALLY hard look on, which everyone adores
He then had to jump under saddle, which he behaved beautifully in, he was really relaxed and really seemed to enjoy popping round the fences
Then came the loose assesment and loose jumping, he really trotted lovely loose and was very pingy and he loose jumped really well, though did start to look a little tired towards the end and started giving us the... can we stop now look everytime he came round to where we were holding him whilst they adjusted the fences...
So we stopped outside and because we were in the second from last of the morning session, we only had to wait a few minutes to find out if he had past or not and he had
I think Mat has done a fantastic job with Teds and Teddy is a real credit to him and his attention to schooling
