I finally got a good night's sleep and feel that I might be able to string a few words together. With that, here's the first test from day one.
Overall, I scored about how I thought I'd score. I was a bit tight in my upper body which no doubt encouraged Speedy G to be a bit braced. My fault. I also bobbled a bit at A. The opening was so wide that I was slightly worried that he was going to exit at A rather than circling at A! And I know he thought about it. I had to use a lot of outside leg to keep him inside the arena.
The thing I am most proud of is our canter transitions - no bucking or kicking out! Speedy did the best canter transitions he has ever done at a show. We scored nothing lower than a 6 for all eight canters! That beats our string of 4s by a hefty margin.
For the Collective Marks, I am really tickled with all the 7s Judge Hilda Gurney gave us, and I especially like the 7 for Gaits. The judge even added the comment, nice. The Rider's Position score gave me a fist pumping, yes! as well. I can't wait to share that particular score with my trainer. She deserves the credit for that one.
Overall, I didn't earn the 65% that I was hoping for, but I knew it wasn't a ride worth 65%. Even so, I was still pleased with the score. Tomorrow I'll share my scores for the Training Level test. If you just have to know the scores for all four rides, click here.
Overall, I scored about how I thought I'd score. I was a bit tight in my upper body which no doubt encouraged Speedy G to be a bit braced. My fault. I also bobbled a bit at A. The opening was so wide that I was slightly worried that he was going to exit at A rather than circling at A! And I know he thought about it. I had to use a lot of outside leg to keep him inside the arena.
The thing I am most proud of is our canter transitions - no bucking or kicking out! Speedy did the best canter transitions he has ever done at a show. We scored nothing lower than a 6 for all eight canters! That beats our string of 4s by a hefty margin.
For the Collective Marks, I am really tickled with all the 7s Judge Hilda Gurney gave us, and I especially like the 7 for Gaits. The judge even added the comment, nice. The Rider's Position score gave me a fist pumping, yes! as well. I can't wait to share that particular score with my trainer. She deserves the credit for that one.
Overall, I didn't earn the 65% that I was hoping for, but I knew it wasn't a ride worth 65%. Even so, I was still pleased with the score. Tomorrow I'll share my scores for the Training Level test. If you just have to know the scores for all four rides, click here.
