Horse Show Recap

Busy week with family in town so I am playing catch up. I survived my first time riding training level, I ended up with two seconds on Saturday and a third and a fourth on Sunday. I didn't have any swaps which I was worried about, but I did have one break from canter to trot in two tests but I was able to correct it. I'm just going to write the scores and comments, you can look at the tests here.

Saturday Training Level Test I (Judge: Fatima Kranz)

1. 7, nice entrance

2. 7, center >

3. 6, > jump

4. 5, broke, corrected

5. 6, fell into trot

6. 6, early

7. 5, > energy

8. 7

9. 7, center (something illegible, better I think)

10. 5, labored

11. 6, > energy

12. 7, steady

13. 8, nice turn, nice halt

Collective marks

Gaits, 7

Impulsion, 6, lacks at times

Submission, 6, circled lightness on forehand wrote needs more bend

Rider, 7,

Judge drew a smiley face and wrote fairly steady

Total 63.478%

Saturday Training Level Test 2 (Judge: Fatima Kranz)

1. 8

2. 7, steady

3. 7, steady

4. 6, > forward

5. 6, could be bigger circle

6. 6, came off track

7. 7

8. 7 ( first time getting a 7 at freewalk definitely his max at the walk, I was really excited!)

9. 7

10. 7

11.7, steady

12. 7

13. 6, > forward

14. 6, small circle

15. 7, straight

16. 7

Collective Marks

Gaits 7

Impulsion 6 could be more at times

Submission 6 not always steady in ...?

Rider 6 circle sizes

Judge drew smiley face

Total 65.357%

Sunday Training Level Test I (Judge: Dolly Hannon, tough judge and painfully accurate)

1. 7, straight, try to keep hands quieter to trot

2. 7, good energy, fill out circle with his leg

3. 6, sit up and back for better balance

4. 6, rider needs balance in canter and less rein

5. 6, willing horse, needs better balance

6. 6, too strong in reins and walk loses rhythm

7. 5, walk looses rhythm and needs more strech

8. 7, fairly willing

9. 7, good energy, try to keep hands quieter

10. 6, feel your leads don't look

11. 6, tends to drift in on circle but fairly willing

12. 7, fairly smooth

13. 7, not quite straight but well maintained

Collective marks

Gaits, 6, walk varies

Impulsion, 6, underlined suppleness in back, wrote walk needs suppleness

Submission, 7

Rider, 6

"What a nice horse! Try to keep your hands steadier & sit up, look up + feel your canter leads - when you look down it effects his balance"

I'm not gonna lie, I beat myself up pretty hard when I got this test sheet back. This is all stuff I am working on, sometimes I feel like I have too nice a horse for my riding ability.

Total score 62.609%

Sunday Training Level Test 2 (Judge: Fatima Kranz)

1. 7, nice halt

2. 7, center more

3. 7, steady

4. 7

5. 6, not centered

6. 7, straight

7. 6, lost jump

8. 6, needs more

9. 6

10. 7

11.7, center more

12. 7

13. 5, more jump, broke (my left hand crept up and I lost my steering, wanted to avoid taking out the wall)

14. 6, not centered

15. 6, needs more jump, fell into trot

16. 8

Collective Marks

Gaits 7

Impulsion 6 needs to stay more foreword for higher scores

Submission 6

Rider 6

Judge drew smiley face

Total 63.929%

I was a little disappointed after this show, but it is a new show this week, and i've been working on impulsion, circle work and position, so hopefully I can up my game a little for some slightly higher scores.