Novice riders went in the morning and there were some pretty wild skid marks from the earliest horses on course. It rained hard Friday night, but by Saturday morning the sun was starting to peek out.
My cross country ride was Saturday early afternoon. I’m always so impressed with how he buckles down and is such as yes-man in the show environment. TrJ encouraged me to trust that he had his footing and that I need to practice putting my leg on him because I need to be able to push him forward even over sloppy ground.Īs far as the test went, it was the first time I got into the ring and could actually feel and ride and make adjustments during a dressage test, which was huge for me! I was chatting with a friend about it later and she described the contrasting feeling as “hoping your warmup was good enough and holds through the test,” which is how I normally feel going into a dressage test. (Fortunately they were informing them they were three out or something, but it still got me a little worried.) Speedy did jump one puddle as we were cantering around in the warmup, and I was a little hesitant to really put my leg on him on the slick grass. I really need to get my own watch to wear to shows, because once again I had a bit of a timing panic when I heard the warmup/ring stewards calling the rider directly ahead of me. Worst case scenario I would beg off my failure to braid with the fact that it is beginner novice and - I think - not technically required. After getting three braids done in an hour I gave up, decided it would happen in the morning or not at all, and set myself a 4 am alarm. People were cruising back in to the show grounds after dinner at that point, and Speedy was at his most gawkiest and fidgety. My ride time was 8:56, so after TrJ and I got barnmate’s horses settled in I poured myself a cocktail and tried to braid Speedy. Still not straight 10s for cuteness? but got a compliment on his canter this time! This actually worked out in my favor, as I’m not sure the property owner would have appreciated me studding up for dressage in his sand arena. When I told TrJ she advised me to put in a couple of small grass studs for dressage the next day because - surprise!! - I got to ride on the grass. If you want a bigger spot, buy an RV spot.ĭuring my hack Speedy decided he couldn’t possibly canter in the puddles in the arena, which was fairly worrisome. The goal is to fit in as many rigs as possible, not provide you with luxury accommodations you wingdings. I declined, since I didn’t think the ground would hold up to repositioning. The group parked on the other side of the spot asked me to repark and move a little further away from their rig. I bought this rain coat before Kentucky and it saved me at Aspen!Īs an aside, WHY are people such assholes in show parking? I had to knock on someone’s LQ door to ask them to move their truck to get into my spot as they were blocking both the road and the spot.
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