Did I say Dressage was boring?

[KarinUS]

Nooo. Not me! :D

We came back from our second show today. We made Reserve Champion in the Adult Amateur Division, so we got a snazzy tri-colored ribbon in addition to our others.
This show stuff is pretty fun. I even went out and bought a black coat for my second show. (It was cheap- Stateline Tack $69)

I will post some pictures later on! My little pony makes me so happy. He is just so good natured yet spunky. We fell into a canter again at the 20 meter trot circle :(, but we still managed to come in second on that test. :)
The judge was nice. She wrote "A little too exuberant";)
The second test was better because it had a lot of trot and he just looks so good in his cute little outline.

[galadriel]

Hooray! Reserve Champion, oh boy. Big congrats. Did you get a pic of the good pony with the ribbon on his bridle? :)

Today I set up a rectangle for a dressage arena, using standards with poles making 90 degree angles. I then had the pleasure of convincing the mares that it was a dressage arena, not an unusual looking jump. Very un-boring dressage today.

[KarinUS]

Galadriel,

sounds to me like you have very exuberant girls there! ;)
Our arena is not fenced in but DJ has done that before with the Cavaletti- just jump them at once rather than bother trotting over them...

I forgot to mention: There was a lady in a fancy coat riding a $25,000 Dutch Warmblood (son of Consul) and we beat them too! How cool is that?!

I know... :( We should be competing with ourselves not others. For ourselves we did well, too.

At the first show we got a 54 and a 63 and this time we got a 63 and a 66. We are really getting the hang of this!
I almost didn't go. I've been sick all week (upper respiratory). I had trouble getting air without coughing and my legs felt wobbly. Now of course I am glad I took some Robutusin and went! :)

You should post some pics of your arena, Galadriel. Sounds like you are on a budget like me and I need some ideas for next year!

[galadriel]

At the first show we got a 54 and a 63 and this time we got a 63 and a 66. We are really getting the hang of this!

Terrific :)

As for my arena... (laugh) I made 4 corners. I made 4 90 degree angles, with 2 PVC pipes each leaning up against a PVC jump standard. I'm going to get some buckets (I keep old supplement buckets & things) and put them where the letters ought to be. But aside from the corners, it's not enclosed or anything. I mostly just wanted to get approximate dimensions so I can practice well.

[ponytude]

Congrats!!! you must be very proud(As you said above:D)!!! I ike dressage too! Its very interesting! But mostly fun!!!

[virtuallyhorses]

Congratulations - very jealous of the pretty ribbons :cool:

[Ipsa]

Well done:)
Great that your marks were so consistent as well.

[Waikato Valuta]

well done

post some pics soon

[CityGirl]

WOO-HOOH!
Congrats to you & DJ for doing such a terrific job. Can't wait to see pics of the superstar!:D ;)
(BTW - it's amazing how "not boring" things become when you win!;) :D ;)

[Tootsie4U]

Great job Karin & DJ! Cant wait for them pictures!

[Mehitabel]

well done karin! great news, looking forward to the pics.

[kedwards]

I forgot to mention: There was a lady in a fancy coat riding a $25,000 Dutch Warmblood (son of Consul) and we beat them too! How cool is that?!

Well, he was a mere 25K horse, DJ is priceless!

Good job Karin and DJ!

[Ginger Thing]

Congratulations Karin and DJ!
We've got our second show 7th December - even though Thomas is distantly related to the wonderful DJ, I have a feeling we'll be repeating our position at our first show, ie last in both classes!:D

[galadriel]

Hey, Karin, I modified my new "arena" today. Instead of the jump standards--which I'd like to be using--I put a cinder block at each corner and leaned the poles up against that. It's still a defined rectangle but I got my jump standards back. I also got out a set of about 1' diameter flower pots I had sitting around, and put one each upside down at B, E, and C. (I need to look it up to remember just how far out M/F/H/K are from the corner--I think it's 8m--then I'll get them too :))

[KarinUS]

I am sure Thomas will be great. My instructor is very conservative. You may just have started to go to shows at an earlier stage. I have owned DJ already for 18 months and been taking lessons for 2 1/2 years.
Once we go to the more advanced shows I am sure we will be last as well...

I made a "Karin & DJ's Shows" album in the member photos if anybody is interested...

[Lgd]

Well done, keep up the good work

[galadriel]

Has anybody ever told you that you and your horse make an incredibly cute pair? :D

[Silvia]

Good job, Karin. Congratulations!

[Laetitia]

What a thrill. Well done, well done. L

[KarinUS]

Kedwards and Galadriel,

thanks for the sweet comments.

And of course Thanks everyone else for the nice comments!

:)