Dressage before breakfast...

[Iron Maiden]

...I decided at the last minute to enter Mrs P in a dressage comp that took place yesterday. Imagine my delight when I got my time - 8.42am :eek: I just don't do mornings but I'd been practising the test all last week so with *Crazy-Chaz* roped in to be my faithful groom, I got up at 6am yesterday & got on with it. I got up & collected Chaz, got Mrs P ready, drove to dressage, did dressage, came back, fed Mrs P & turned her out, mucked out box, mucked out, hayed & watered Mrs P, came home & uploaded pix from the camera, all before 11am :eek:

Mrs P was a good girl, she was a bit on her toes in the warm up but then she settled & was working nicely in the Stubley Hollow indoor school. Things went downhill for the test though - it was v cold & blowing a gale so she kept pointing her bum into the wind, crossing her jaw and flapping her ears around. She also thought the view from the Stubley outdoor menage was fabulous and seemed to find this quite distracting. She also wanted to neigh at her new mates in the turnout fields.

Anyhoos, she got 7s for a bit of right rein canter & the free walk (that was heading back towards her haynet which helped a lot :-| ). Judges comment was 'some nice moments, and a pleasing spring in canter, but lacking consistency...Lacking impulsion at times (when Mrs P was gazing at the view probably) and unsteady into contact' (yep, flappy ears & crossed jaw!). I also forgot the test & got an error of course :o Without that she would have got over 60%, as it was we got 59. something. So plenty to work on but I'm glad I dragged myself out of bed for it, it's only her 2nd test, & we need to get some miles on the clock. Don't know if we got placed because the results haven't been posted yet but somehow I doubt it...:rolleyes:

Here is a short clip of our pre-test poddling in the wind. Chaz did video the test but it's too big to go on Photobucket :(

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o233/rancidprong/th_feb004.jpg (http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o233/rancidprong/?action=view&current=feb004.flv)

Thanks Chaz - you're a star :D

[Peanut]

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it was v cold & blowing a gale so she kept pointing her bum into the wind, crossing her jaw and flapping her ears around. She also thought the view from the Stubley outdoor menage was fabulous and seemed to find this quite distracting. She also wanted to neigh at her new mates in the turnout fields.



Sounds horribly familiar! :p Well done though, at least you've got another one under your belt :D

[Bebe]

I was wondering how you'd got on, sounds good! I was most impressed that you beat me to the yard on Sunday :D

59. something is pretty decent for only a second go and it was blowing a gale which doesn't help. I bet she looked lovely.

[Iron Maiden]

Thanks! I liked the judge comment for the very last movement - 'quarters right very crooked halt'. That was for a huge bum swivel that indicated that the wind was blowing from somewhere near the F marker, according to Mrs P's amazing weather-sensitive bottom :rolleyes: We were sort of broadside to the judge when I saluted :D

[Yann]

Pah! Vid won't work for some reason. Sounds like another good trip out though and another good learning experience for her :) She's right, there is a nice view from up there:D

Chaz is a star, I mercilessly roped her in to hacking Rio out for me yesterday afternoon without realising what a long day she'd already had:D

[Iron Maiden]

Pah! Vid won't work for some reason. Sounds like another good trip out though and another good learning experience for her :) She's right, there is a nice view from up there:D

Chaz is a star, I mercilessly roped her in to hacking Rio out for me yesterday afternoon without realising what a long day she'd already had:D

Vid ain't that exciting, you're not missing much :o We're thinking about going back for another test next month, if so I'll be hoping for gentle breezes rather than gales :p

Poor Chaz, putting her to work like that, who'd have thought it, u iz eeeevil :D

[coyote]

WOOOHOOO go MrsP!!
must come up for a ride on the luffly mrsp.:D

[Iron Maiden]

You are always welcome, just PM me :D Meep meep!

[Steph351]

:D Well Done :D

Definately gales early on though!

(I was up at Stubley on Sunday doing a test but my time was at 1:30 so quite late)

[*-crazy-chaz-*]

Thanks Chaz - you're a star
aww thankyouu! lol i enjoyed it just as much as you did though :D
Chaz is a star, I mercilessly roped her in to hacking Rio out for me yesterday afternoon without realising what a long day she'd already had
don't say that :eek: lol u were actually doing me a BIG favor, if you hadn't offered i would of ended up doing the muck heap until my mum came at 4 :rolleyes:
anyways, Rio was a v good girlie, even though she did decide she was going to take off with me & make me believe she wasnt going to stop! :eek::rolleyes:
Vid ain't that exciting, you're not missing much :o We're thinking about going back for another test next month, if so I'll be hoping for gentle breezes rather than gales
Poor Chaz, putting her to work like that, who'd have thought it, u iz eeeevil
i'm reallly looking forward to next month (no prizes for guessing why lol :p) i've already started training whisper for it! so i guess im the evil one now :o;):p

[Yann]

Rio was a v good girlie, even though she did decide she was going to take off with me & make me believe she wasnt going to stop!

She might love a race, but she always stops at the end, without fail:D Hope you both have better weather next time, at least Whisper will hopefully know where she is :)

[*-crazy-chaz-*]

righttt....

where did i put those videos??...








oh, here they are!! :D (in order)
apologies in advance, my phone rotates them :o
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/xox-charlotte/th_SV_A0056.jpg (http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/xox-charlotte/?action=view&current=SV_A0056.flv)

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/xox-charlotte/th_2Ndtimeround.jpg (http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/xox-charlotte/?action=view&current=2Ndtimeround.flv)

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/xox-charlotte/th_Niceoutline.jpg (http://s212.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/xox-charlotte/?action=view&current=Niceoutline.flv)

& a piccy :D
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/xox-charlotte/SP_A1010.jpg

ps - sorry, they're a bit dark :o

[*-crazy-chaz-*]

She might love a race, but she always stops at the end, without fail:D Hope you both have better weather next time, at least Whisper will hopefully know where she is :)
dont worry, i believe you :D lol she just gave me a bit of a scare as 1 minute she we were having to trot to keep up with you & tess and the next..
we're off! lol:p bless her, she was only having a bit of fun :D

ETA-whisp will know where she is thankfully (not sure whether thats good or bad). me & other charl. hacked up there a few times & whisper was back to her old bad habits she had when she was there :rolleyes:

[raingodz]

We must have just missed each other, I hacked there with my friend who's time was at 8:30am, I was up at 6am so we could make her appaloosa look nice :)

[Iron Maiden]

Thanks for posting those vids Chaz. Luckily I have a laptop so I can put it on its side ;) You captured my error of course and subsequent misunderstandings with the judge beautifully! :o

[Iron Maiden]

We must have just missed each other, I hacked there with my friend who's time was at 8:30am, I was up at 6am so we could make her appaloosa look nice :)


So it's not just me then, thank goodness! Hope she went well. :)

[raingodz]

Yes, they went well, they got 15% more than the last time they did the same test with the same judge, so that sounded like a good improvement to me. So we hacked home after that and then went to Barlow Trout farm for chip butties for breakfast!

[Iron Maiden]

Yes, they went well, they got 15% more than the last time they did the same test with the same judge, so that sounded like a good improvement to me. So we hacked home after that and then went to Barlow Trout farm for chip butties for breakfast!

Sounds fab :D I was disappointed that the Stubley cafe wasn't open & had to starve :( Even Mrs P's haylage was smelling good :o

[*-crazy-chaz-*]

We must have just missed each other, I hacked there with my friend who's time was at 8:30am, I was up at 6am so we could make her appaloosa look nice :)
i saw u! were u on a black cob type? with a blaze?
Thanks for posting those vids Chaz. Luckily I have a laptop so I can put it on its side ;) You captured my error of course and subsequent misunderstandings with the judge beautifully! :o
sorrryy! i thought u wanted them all on lol :o
I was disappointed that the Stubley cafe wasn't open & had to starve :(
mee too :(

[raingodz]

i saw u! were u on a black cob type? with a blaze?

Yes I was :)

[Iron Maiden]

Heh Raingodz - are you going to the next one in March? If so, will you have a go too??

[*-crazy-chaz-*]

Yes I was :)

i definatley saw u then :D havn't met u before so wouldn't have recognised you though :rolleyes: lol

if you are going next month you'll be able to see my pone too :)
ETA-IM, i'm sure the appolusa (not sure on spelling:o) raingodz is talking about was the horse before you.

[*-crazy-chaz-*]

sorrryy :o (double posted)

[Iron Maiden]

ETA-IM, i'm sure the appolusa (not sure on spelling:o) raingodz is talking about was the horse before you.

I can hardly recognise Mrs P at that time in the morning :rolleyes:

[raingodz]

Heh Raingodz - are you going to the next one in March? If so, will you have a go too??

Not sure at the moment, will wait to see if Soft Spot will be getting another outing. I would not be having a go unless I had my own horse by then!

[Iron Maiden]

Ooooh fingers crossed.;)

I don't think your friend was in immediately before me, unless she's about 12 and rides a 13hh pony :D

[raingodz]

nope, she is 24 and rides a 15.3hh spottie!

I was kind of stood in the way of every one on a black ID on the driveway that went from the indoor school down to the carpark.

[*-crazy-chaz-*]

12 and rides a 13hh pony :Dnope, she is 24 and rides a 15.3hh spottie!
oops, sorry, my bad. :o