Tempi
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As most of you know - (because i was stressing out about it thursday!) - Archie and i went to Lime Tree Farm in Kington Langley this morning to do the Strada Young Horse 6Yo class.
After his performance in my lesson yesterday i wasnt holding out for much!! (he was a naughty little b*gger!!!). However i think the lesson wore all his naughtiness out
Got on him in the carpark and wandered over to the warmup arena which was small for him, but he was a saint, really nice and relaxed. i was last to go so it was quite quiet by the time we got in there. He warmed up perfectly - he couldnt have gone any better - did some fab simple changes and a really good reinback, so i started to feel a bit better - but did wonder if he was just lolling me into a false sense of security!!
i wasnt holding out for much in the test as its the hardest test hes done yet, and considering that 3 months ago i couldnt get him through a test without rearing it was a big challenge for us both.
Well, i needn't have worried as he was a STAR!! he didnt put a foot wrong and did the most perfect test i couldve cried
There were some fab horses in my class competing a few levels higher than us so i was just pleased he done a good test.
Went to look to see what we got and we'd WON!!!!!!
im SO pleased with him, he really was fantastic!! We got 8.64 which i understand is pretty good! The judge called me over at the end of my test and said he was fab, then she spook to me afterwards aswell and was asking all about him and saying how elegant and athletic he was!
These are our marks:
Trot - 8.9
Walk - 8 (his walk is crap!)
Canter - 8.6
Movements (or whatever its called!) - 8.5
General way of going - 9 !!!!!!
And he got the highest mark of all the YH classes
So we're off to contest the final now on 8th September. Thank you to everyone who was nice to me on thursday when i was having a wobbly about going, im so glad i did now!
No pictures, sorry!!
After his performance in my lesson yesterday i wasnt holding out for much!! (he was a naughty little b*gger!!!). However i think the lesson wore all his naughtiness out
Got on him in the carpark and wandered over to the warmup arena which was small for him, but he was a saint, really nice and relaxed. i was last to go so it was quite quiet by the time we got in there. He warmed up perfectly - he couldnt have gone any better - did some fab simple changes and a really good reinback, so i started to feel a bit better - but did wonder if he was just lolling me into a false sense of security!!
i wasnt holding out for much in the test as its the hardest test hes done yet, and considering that 3 months ago i couldnt get him through a test without rearing it was a big challenge for us both.
Well, i needn't have worried as he was a STAR!! he didnt put a foot wrong and did the most perfect test i couldve cried
Went to look to see what we got and we'd WON!!!!!!
im SO pleased with him, he really was fantastic!! We got 8.64 which i understand is pretty good! The judge called me over at the end of my test and said he was fab, then she spook to me afterwards aswell and was asking all about him and saying how elegant and athletic he was!
These are our marks:
Trot - 8.9
Walk - 8 (his walk is crap!)
Canter - 8.6
Movements (or whatever its called!) - 8.5
General way of going - 9 !!!!!!
And he got the highest mark of all the YH classes
So we're off to contest the final now on 8th September. Thank you to everyone who was nice to me on thursday when i was having a wobbly about going, im so glad i did now!
No pictures, sorry!!
