Prince33Sp4rkle
Well-Known Member
i would like to preface everything by saying that i rode like a pleb today, i didnt get him in front of the leg in the first warm up, and then i went super tense expecting him to not go.idiot idiot rider
but its ok because i know what went wrong, and NMT is going to beat me with a big stick at the regionals to make sure i dont do the same, so its ok in the end 
he was super duper chilled, no black beauty impersonations in the warm up, so maybe after the regionals we can half the pony snuff???
M63= he died on me, went REALLY green and wobbly (which is fine, he's only 6) but then totally went behind the leg (not so fine) hence we had no steering or power really, and i went all floppy and plebby and didnt do a whole lot to improve things...
he ground to a half in the second simple change (only because he wasnt in front of the leg) and then had a kick at my leg......and then dawdled in to the last halt all crooked and wobbly and had a tantrum when i corrected it (again, if he'd been in flipping front of me, it wouldnt have been dawdly and wobbly,pah, slapped wrist)......so 2 biggish bloopers.
TBH it took me by total suprise as usually, if anything, he goes silly sharp and a bit rushy, this is the first time in a long time iv had to kick and scrub to get round.
however, in spite of the 2 cock up, me being a pleb and him being asleep, we managed 2nd on 61.&% under THE toughest judge (fair, but supersonic tough).......so without the cock ups and plebbyness, it would have been a really decent score from her
(as an amusing side note, a friend and her daughter had come to watch and Alice had bough CS a yummy carrot as bribery.......half way through my walk pirouettes said carrot was apparently hurled in to the ring with an encouraging war cry from Alice!!!!!! I was so in the zone i didnt even notice lol!!!!.........................and carrot was retrieved and consumed by pony at a later point!) and its a shame it didnt actually hit him ,as may have woken us both up!!!)
had a much needed pep talk aka rollocking from NMT in the collecting ring and then went off and actually got him off my leg for M71!
went much better,much less green (although again to be fair, he is always much more on the ball in the second test, and thats just a baby thing i think), but i was still moderately plebby as went all floppy and apathetic and didnt really get in to it.
however, no explosions, and just one simple change that we biffed and fell in to, and we managed to win it with 64.8%, so a big improvement
no errant carrots that time either!!!
so, some homework to do before regionals, mentally rather than physically, but its clearly showed me what i need to do/not do, so a useful outing and i am SO pleased to have got that % from that judge!!!!!
stretchy:
trot:
canter:
shoulder in:
half pass;
checking for all 4 legs present and correct!!!
test pics:
cumberland pie, rose wine and victoria sponge for all!
but its ok because i know what went wrong, and NMT is going to beat me with a big stick at the regionals to make sure i dont do the same, so its ok in the end he was super duper chilled, no black beauty impersonations in the warm up, so maybe after the regionals we can half the pony snuff???
M63= he died on me, went REALLY green and wobbly (which is fine, he's only 6) but then totally went behind the leg (not so fine) hence we had no steering or power really, and i went all floppy and plebby and didnt do a whole lot to improve things...
he ground to a half in the second simple change (only because he wasnt in front of the leg) and then had a kick at my leg......and then dawdled in to the last halt all crooked and wobbly and had a tantrum when i corrected it (again, if he'd been in flipping front of me, it wouldnt have been dawdly and wobbly,pah, slapped wrist)......so 2 biggish bloopers.
TBH it took me by total suprise as usually, if anything, he goes silly sharp and a bit rushy, this is the first time in a long time iv had to kick and scrub to get round.
however, in spite of the 2 cock up, me being a pleb and him being asleep, we managed 2nd on 61.&% under THE toughest judge (fair, but supersonic tough).......so without the cock ups and plebbyness, it would have been a really decent score from her
(as an amusing side note, a friend and her daughter had come to watch and Alice had bough CS a yummy carrot as bribery.......half way through my walk pirouettes said carrot was apparently hurled in to the ring with an encouraging war cry from Alice!!!!!! I was so in the zone i didnt even notice lol!!!!.........................and carrot was retrieved and consumed by pony at a later point!) and its a shame it didnt actually hit him ,as may have woken us both up!!!)
had a much needed pep talk aka rollocking from NMT in the collecting ring and then went off and actually got him off my leg for M71!
went much better,much less green (although again to be fair, he is always much more on the ball in the second test, and thats just a baby thing i think), but i was still moderately plebby as went all floppy and apathetic and didnt really get in to it.
however, no explosions, and just one simple change that we biffed and fell in to, and we managed to win it with 64.8%, so a big improvement
no errant carrots that time either!!!
so, some homework to do before regionals, mentally rather than physically, but its clearly showed me what i need to do/not do, so a useful outing and i am SO pleased to have got that % from that judge!!!!!
stretchy:
trot:
canter:
shoulder in:
half pass;
checking for all 4 legs present and correct!!!
test pics:
cumberland pie, rose wine and victoria sponge for all!
