Our first visit to SLRE, parking was very tight. Warm up was in the indoor arena, with the competition test ridden in a larger outdoor. There were quite a few spectators for both the warm up and the test. Chris came to cheer me on!
| Venue: | SLRE – Leire | ||
| Discipline: | Dressage | ||
| Test: | P7 | Judge | Jane Carruthers |
| Percentage: | 70.23% | Place: | 1st |
Judges comments were:
“A pleasing test and confident partnership. Lots to like. Could be a little more supple to the contact at times and develop a more uphill feel tot he way of going for the 8’s”
This test scored all 7’s – except for one 7.5!
| Venue: | SLRE – Leire | ||
| Discipline: | Dressage | ||
| Test: | P13 | Judge | Jane Carruthers |
| Percentage: | 68.08% | Place: | 1st |
Judges comments were:
“A pleasing test on the whole, pity about the blip in the second canter! Again, lots to like and a pleasing partnership.”
The ‘blip’ in the second canter mentioned by the judge in her comments referred to someone on a black horse galloping past the arena (along the concrete path)! and setting Nash off – I had to ride a circle to get him back under parental control – resulting in a 5 for the movement and -2 marks for the circle (EOC). The marks after that second canter were noticeably lower than the first 3/4 of the test – quite right as Nash was very lit up and tense after that. Still took the win despite that mishap – but goes to show we really need to concentrate on the test and not get distracted by what’s going on around us!