Well as it happens it wasn't too bad! There was about 1000 people in the warm up so I couldn't get much canter work in without being cut up, but did what I could and went in to do prelim 7. He tried to change leads in the first canter (trying to be clever and failing!!) and was a bit hesitant about using the corner by the exit but went fairly alright otherwise. Judge commented on his nice paces and that he was a nice smart horse 
Wasn't expecting to place as there were 12 or 13 in the class but we came 6th and got our first ever dressage frilly! Was chuffed that we managed to get a frilly in our first ever test!! :bounce::cloud9:
Next we did prelim 14 and he went a lot better for me and I was able to ride him more as he we was more settled in the arena and not looking as much. I think I overcooked him slightly with the second warm up though as had a couple of comments on poll being low in placed, where he curled up on me a couple of times. He hollowed to canter a bit, but once he got going his canter work wasn't bad at all. We didn't place in this one as stiff competition but our percentage was better than in P7 and thats what counts as I felt he rode better in the second test. We got 62% in P7 and 63.9% in P14 which I thought wasn't bad for his first outing! I'm really pleased with him as he tried really hard for me and when he went well he went really well! He is such a good boy, I love him tons!! :twins:
Wasn't expecting to place as there were 12 or 13 in the class but we came 6th and got our first ever dressage frilly! Was chuffed that we managed to get a frilly in our first ever test!! :bounce::cloud9:Next we did prelim 14 and he went a lot better for me and I was able to ride him more as he we was more settled in the arena and not looking as much. I think I overcooked him slightly with the second warm up though as had a couple of comments on poll being low in placed, where he curled up on me a couple of times. He hollowed to canter a bit, but once he got going his canter work wasn't bad at all. We didn't place in this one as stiff competition but our percentage was better than in P7 and thats what counts as I felt he rode better in the second test. We got 62% in P7 and 63.9% in P14 which I thought wasn't bad for his first outing! I'm really pleased with him as he tried really hard for me and when he went well he went really well! He is such a good boy, I love him tons!! :twins:
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