Today's Dressage 
(Now Inc. Vid)
Trucked down to Hartpury for another affiliated outing. First test was Novice 21, which we've done a lot of times before, but somehow doesn't suit us (we never get over 60 percent ) added to this, it turned out the judge is one who has never particularly appreciated Ferdie, I was fairly pleased with 61 percent and seventh place out of seventeen.
The second test was Elementary 41, which is the first elementary I have done. Ferdie's headshaking is generally kept under control, but as we were starting the centreline it seemed like he might start a headshaking fit... he didn't, but this had put me off my concentration and I forgot to halt, and then after correcting that, forgot to ride across the diagonal immediately After that, the test went smoothly, although I wasn't thinking about it much as I was trying to complete the test without getting myself eliminated with a third error of course! I presumed I would be completely out of the running, but even with six marks deducted I had 61.6 percent! The judge was marking some people as low as fifty two percent, so we actually finished fifth! Without my errors of course, we would have had sixty-four perecent, and (I think) equal second
Still, very pleased with our first go at Elementary, I think there's not much need to stay at Novice any longer as Ferdie thrives on the harder movements.
Anyway, here are some photos:
(Now Inc. Vid)Trucked down to Hartpury for another affiliated outing. First test was Novice 21, which we've done a lot of times before, but somehow doesn't suit us (we never get over 60 percent
) added to this, it turned out the judge is one who has never particularly appreciated Ferdie, I was fairly pleased with 61 percent and seventh place out of seventeen.The second test was Elementary 41, which is the first elementary I have done. Ferdie's headshaking is generally kept under control, but as we were starting the centreline it seemed like he might start a headshaking fit... he didn't, but this had put me off my concentration and I forgot to halt, and then after correcting that, forgot to ride across the diagonal immediately
After that, the test went smoothly, although I wasn't thinking about it much as I was trying to complete the test without getting myself eliminated with a third error of course! I presumed I would be completely out of the running, but even with six marks deducted I had 61.6 percent! The judge was marking some people as low as fifty two percent, so we actually finished fifth! Without my errors of course, we would have had sixty-four perecent, and (I think) equal second Still, very pleased with our first go at Elementary, I think there's not much need to stay at Novice any longer as Ferdie thrives on the harder movements.
Anyway, here are some photos:
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