Welp.
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| 8 am show time! |
I took Hamp to a show on Wednesday down in Lexington to try another rated I-2.
He warmed up fine, felt pretty good. But the SECOND I went into the ring he just ... decided to clock out of work early that day. I asked for piaffe. He planted his feet. So he got a big pony club kick. He BUCKED before we even down down centerline. So behind the leg, downhill, just trashy all over. The ones didn't really happen (how could they?) and I felt like this ride was not even close to what we are capable of. It was so disappointing.
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| Show office kitty |
HOWEVER. Here's a kicker. It seems I have been forgetting a movement THIS ENTIRE TIME of riding I-2. I think this is the 4th time I have shown it, and none of the other judges including a "S" judge at another rated show have ever rung the bell, or marked on my test that I have missed this movement.
During the first medium canter, you do a flying change at X.
Well I had been diligently doing the change at the rail THIS ENTIRE TIME.
Well this judge (Natalie Lamping, pretty highly respected) rung the bell on me finally. So I will NOT be forgetting this change again.
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| Yep there it is. The missing change. |
Another kicker, even though my ride my shit and we made all sorts of mistakes. I still got a 59.6%. In front of Lamping.
Had I not had an error, we would have had a 61%+
So looking at it that way, it is promising. And heck even so it's an improvement from our 54% back in April.
So while Hampton certainly had an off day, we are going to keep on keeping on. More lessons in the works and I think I'll keep showing the I-2. I think it's good for us and I see no reason to stop since scores are showing improvement. One off day should not be the end all.
We were in and out of the show though because I had ANOTHER show to get to later that day!
Stay tuned for The Time Karen Bit Off More than She can Chew by Also Going to a Saddlebred Show!
(sorry for lack of Hamp media. I was all alone at the show at 8 am so didn't really get any photos)
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| Sneak peek of the saddlebred! |
Dang it Hamps, you gotta work through the test too, not just the warm up! So awesome that even with the error you scored decently 😁 and I can't wait to hear about your "skedaddlebred" show!
ReplyDeleteOof, we all have those days. Rode a mare last week who seemed to want me dead for the whole ride. Came out and did the same stuff the next day . . . totally different horse. Literally went from bolting with me to being a nice little Dressage mare. Horses LOVE to keep us on our toes haha
ReplyDeleteOkay, this cliffhanger is too much! I need to know more about the Saddlebred!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm sorry you had a crap show, but I like your outlook!
What a strange ass movement though? And I love Lamping.
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