Test Paper

Last post on our test, promise!

I got our test paper today in the mail. The overall comments were a 7 for paces, 7 for impulsion, 5.5 for submission (lol) and 6.5 for rider.

We got a 7.5 for our left working trot circle, canter-trot transition to the left and our free walk. :)

Words that pop up are crooked, rushed, tension. But also purpose, forward, active.

The nicest part was the overall comments: "Regular paces, rhythmical and willing but at times getting a little tense and resistant into transitions. A promising combination - work to the training scale and this pair will do well in the future"

So that was nice!!

Trail

Yesterday we went for a trail ride up at Mulgoa again. I love it there, it is so beautiful. We finised our ride just as the sun was about to set so it was really pretty.

Poor Gracie got super puffed out by the hills. That pony needs more work!

Here is a video of our ride. I have two but the second one won't upload. :(

For Funder

As soon as I saw this kitten, I had to take a photo to show you Funder!

Results

I got my test result today - we scored 64.5%, and came 6th out of 21! Not bad Allie!

Test - Pics and Video!

Wild beast-pony.

Like I said, Allie went really well today. I didn't want much of a warm up and I htink I sat on her for a total of about 7 minutes today!

To be honest I have schooled her properly only once in the last 3 weeks. She is a superstar! Quiet on the float, quiet while we were there, loaded and unloaded well. Great undersaddle! No complants from me.

During the test there were a few head tossing moments, a few moments were she was slightly behind my leg, but overall she did what I told her to do at the best of her ability. Seriously, can you ask for anything more than that?

The ground was really wet and the arena had a few bad muddy spots which stuffed up our canter-trot transition to the right between the centreline and B (at 3.33 in the video) where she almost walked to keep her balance. Also, walk-trot transition (at 2.33 in the video) is not great.

BUT check out the beautiful trot-canter transition at 3.13!! Could not have asked for more!

Very very happy. Have some warm up pics:

The Test

Just a quick post to say that Allie did so well with our test! I'm super pleased and I can't wait to upload the video and pictures.

I haven't gotten my score yet so will update tomorrow when they are posted. :)

Quick Question

What do you think of this saddle pad?

Preeeeettttyyyyyyy....

I must admit I am like a bowerbird - I am easily distracted by shiny, sparkly things. So this is the pad I am using this weekend for our first test. Too much? Too sparkly?

Oh well, I have bought it now. I'm going ot pick off the stirrup strap things as they look terrible I think going over a black saddle, but I will leave the girth one on.