QueenOfCadence
Well-Known Member
Hey guys!
So I rode a Showing Show today (a team qualifier). I came 2nd in Show Hack even though my boy decided to be a berserker in the individual test (he fly bucked me out of the walk), the judge really liked him despite the fact that he is as woolly as a yak (it's winter here and he's a welshie, he always ends up looking like a ball of fluff) and only 14hh (In a Junior class that probably averaged at about 16.2hh), it probably gave him an advantage; he must have stood out like a sore thumb ^_^
With my 2nd I qualified for the Championship round (which is for the Show Hack, Show Riding and Show Hunter horses that placed 1rst or 2nd) but I decided to scratch as today was extraordinarily hot for a winter day (30 degrees celcius) and my boy was soaked with sweat (his welshie winter coat's fault
)
My friend, who was in the same class, is royally ticked at me for placing 2nd as she placed 4rth with a near perfect test (but admittedly her horse doesn't have the best conformation). This made me feel a bit guilty of course, for placing well even with obvious faults in our test
Oh well, it was a growing experience
And of course my mum caught Goldie's buck on tape before the camera's batt. died, so I'll share it with you awesome people
(just for a good laugh)
http://youtu.be/lq12jyULw70
So I rode a Showing Show today (a team qualifier). I came 2nd in Show Hack even though my boy decided to be a berserker in the individual test (he fly bucked me out of the walk), the judge really liked him despite the fact that he is as woolly as a yak (it's winter here and he's a welshie, he always ends up looking like a ball of fluff) and only 14hh (In a Junior class that probably averaged at about 16.2hh), it probably gave him an advantage; he must have stood out like a sore thumb ^_^
With my 2nd I qualified for the Championship round (which is for the Show Hack, Show Riding and Show Hunter horses that placed 1rst or 2nd) but I decided to scratch as today was extraordinarily hot for a winter day (30 degrees celcius) and my boy was soaked with sweat (his welshie winter coat's fault
)My friend, who was in the same class, is royally ticked at me for placing 2nd as she placed 4rth with a near perfect test (but admittedly her horse doesn't have the best conformation). This made me feel a bit guilty of course, for placing well even with obvious faults in our test
Oh well, it was a growing experience
And of course my mum caught Goldie's buck on tape before the camera's batt. died, so I'll share it with you awesome people
(just for a good laugh)http://youtu.be/lq12jyULw70