Fix-A-Test
I was SUPER happy with how it went! I had some really great moments in the test, of course lots of improvements could be made but it was the first time I had ridden a Dressage test and it was the first time we had both ridden the training level test. Betty had a lot of feedback for us and some of it was super positive and rewarding! She said he looked the best he has ever looked and that she couldn't believe how far he had come!! And wait for it...it's offical...Dorito is too round!!! Yes, you read right. He goes behind the bit, and although his head is down, it's a bit too much! We ended up scoring a 46, again super pleased with the score! Our time with Betty was spent on trying to make his neck longer and working on his right side which he forever believe will kill him if he doesnt move off of it!
First XC School of the Year
It was great! Super confidence boosting! We played a lot with banks and water closely followed by the ditch and then of course we did some single fences! I got my "oh crap" moments out of me and ended super confidently over some nice sized logs!
The Derby Cross
Wow. That's all I can say. Our first ever DerbyX went SUPER well!I had a great warm up and that continued onto the course! Everything just flowed very, very well and I believe I only had one scrappy fence where I took back. Dorito also handled it really well, I thought he might be a little questionable as to why after 3 show jumps in a ring we all of sudden were jumping cross country fences but he didn't question it till a few jumps later! :) I was a little over the time (And I also believe they got my time wrong as my watch did not match) and I also almost forgot a fence but I realized after getting halfway towards the next fence that I forgot one! Apparently it counts as 4 faults becuase it's a "deviation of course", however it was not stated in the rules..but what are you going to do? I ended up with a pretty purple ribbon and lots of confidence!
The First Event of the Season..MORVEN PARK!
Where to begin, where to begin? I guess Dressage huh? Dressage went well..I was happy with my test, of course still lots to improve on however I still felt there were lots of improvements that we made! I also have to give myself a break because before I went in, Ashley noticed that I had looked over the wrong test so I quickly learned the right test! My test was much better than it scored...I ended up with a 46 which was a HUGE bummer as I was really hoping for a lower score but watcha going to do? Onto jumping!! one word: FABULOUS! I couldn't be happier with how it went!! We had a super warm up and it just transferred on over to the ring where we jumped probably our best round to date! And XC...talk about a blur! Dorito dragged me around the course!! He was very excited to finally be out and about..guess the two XC warm up fences didn't need to be jumped huh?
I am very, very excited with how everything has gone so far and I am getting pumped for our training level debut at MCTA! So until then we will be plugging away at getting fitter, fine tuning our jumping, and getting Mr.D to move off my right leg!!!
