Not-So-Speedy Dressage
From Endurance to Dressage
![]() In the ribbons! Still feeling euphoric, who wouldn’t be after a score of 73.5%? Really, I am still in shock! And you are talking to the MOST self-critical person ever! Don’t even think for a minute that I’ll get a big head over this. I am still pretty sure they made a gigantic error on the adding machine tape which is stapled to the tests. I would re-add the scores, but I am pretty sure I’ll find "the" error. Maybe they forgot to divide by two... How can I go from earning 58% – 63% last year, to earning a walloping 73% this year? Was this judge just “easy?” I want to say no since she only gave three scores over 70%, two of them were to me. She even doled out a 49% - ouch! Were we really that good? Here’s what we did to earn those nice scores:
Earning good scores once doesn’t make me an expert, or even good, at anything. I recognize that I will no doubt continue to work hard and still earn a 57%, or that ever-lurking 36%. But I don't think that we did well because I was lucky. I worked really hard and it showed, this time. Said by the queen of self-deprecation! Comments are closed.
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About the Writer and RiderI am a lifelong rider.
I began endurance riding in 1996 where I ultimately completed five, one-day 100 mile races, the 200-mile Death Valley Encounter, and numerous other 50, 65, and 75 mile races. I began showing dressage in 2010. Welcome to my dressage journey. About Speedy GSpeedy went from endurance horse to dressage horse. After helping me earn a USDF Bronze medal in the summer of 2020, he is now semi-retired. Speedy is a 2004, 15'1 hand, purebred Arabian gelding. His Arabian Horse Registry name is G Ima Starr FA.
About IzzyIzzy was started as a four-year old and then spent the next 18 months in pasture growing up. I bought him as a six-year old, and together, we are showing at the lower levels. He is a 2008, 16'3 hand warmblood gelding. His Rheinland Pfalz-saar International (RPSI) name is Imperioso.
National Rider AwardsState Rider Awards
State Horse Awards
Working Towards:
CDS Sapphire Rider Award Third Level: 63.514% Third Level: 62.105% Fourth Level: Fourth Level: 2023 Show Season
Show Rating (***) CDS/USDF/USEF (*) CDS (s) Schooling (c) Clinic (r) Ride-a-Test Clinic 2023 Show Schedule
TBD 2023 Completed … Pending 2023 Qualifying Scores
Regional Adult Amateur Competition (RAAC) Qualifying Training Level 3 Scores/2 Judges/60%: Score 1: Score 2: Score 3: Archives
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