Tempi
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Thought i would give a little report on our two day show at Wellington. Archie and i havent competed since the end of May so i knew it would be interesting to say the least!
Arrived at the yard to find the monster fast asleep in his stable, obviously mentally preparing himself for his two days ahead
Got to Welly, organised his stable etc and warmed up for the elementary freestyle. Bless him he was a total angel, he actually didnt put a foot wrong the whole time we were there.
We've already qualified for the elementary freestyle regionals, so i was just using this as a warmup. I rode like a pleb in the test, totally messed up my simple changes and he broke in one of the medium trots. I was just pleased i started and finished when my music did
So i was complete shocked when i saw my score of 68.33%
Ended up coming 2nd in the restricted and 4th overall out of a very large class so extremely pleased with that as if i hadnt made mistakes he wouldve got a plus 70% score.
Next up was the elementary petplan - unfortnuately i had to ride open even though im still restricted elementary, as i was doing the medium petplan the following day. Anyways Archie was completly knackered by the time the test came, i rode like a muppet again and altho nothing went wrong he was tired and not going forwards enough and was getting overbent. Ended up on 60.52% which was nowhere near the bottom of the class, i think around 10th - the marks where very low.
Tucked him up in his stable and went home for some sleep, then an early start yesterday morning to get back to Welly to plait him up for the medium. Warmed up really nicely and he felt super. Unfortunately idiot mummy rode like a spastic again and went wrong
The thing was i did another FOUR movements until the judge rang the bell, so i had no idea what id done wrong
She then called me over and said id missed out a walk pirouette, god knows where she was looking as since the walk pirouette id done an extended trot, half pass, 10m circle and a walk transition....... So i had to go back and do it all again. I was a bit annoyed as it shows she was paying no attention to my test what-so-ever.......
Ended up on 60% which i was actually very pleased with, hes only done a couple of mediums and is no way ready for this level yet. The judge at C however gave me 62% (wouldve been 63% if i hadnt gone wrong) but the judge at E only gave me 57%
Not really sure why as i didn wait for my sheets, but she always marks me low for some reason - i had a 15 point difference between the judges.....
Anyways, onwards and upwards! We're off to Royal Leisure on 10th October to do the Elementary Restricted Petplan this time, and the medium music freestyle so looking forwards to that.
Sorry its a bit boring, didnt get any piccies im afraid!
Arrived at the yard to find the monster fast asleep in his stable, obviously mentally preparing himself for his two days ahead
We've already qualified for the elementary freestyle regionals, so i was just using this as a warmup. I rode like a pleb in the test, totally messed up my simple changes and he broke in one of the medium trots. I was just pleased i started and finished when my music did
Next up was the elementary petplan - unfortnuately i had to ride open even though im still restricted elementary, as i was doing the medium petplan the following day. Anyways Archie was completly knackered by the time the test came, i rode like a muppet again and altho nothing went wrong he was tired and not going forwards enough and was getting overbent. Ended up on 60.52% which was nowhere near the bottom of the class, i think around 10th - the marks where very low.
Tucked him up in his stable and went home for some sleep, then an early start yesterday morning to get back to Welly to plait him up for the medium. Warmed up really nicely and he felt super. Unfortunately idiot mummy rode like a spastic again and went wrong
Ended up on 60% which i was actually very pleased with, hes only done a couple of mediums and is no way ready for this level yet. The judge at C however gave me 62% (wouldve been 63% if i hadnt gone wrong) but the judge at E only gave me 57%
Anyways, onwards and upwards! We're off to Royal Leisure on 10th October to do the Elementary Restricted Petplan this time, and the medium music freestyle so looking forwards to that.
Sorry its a bit boring, didnt get any piccies im afraid!
