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Sunday, 27 October 2013
Unaffiliated Dressage - 18/10/13
Thursday is usually my day off college, however on Thursday 18th October I took part in an unaffiliated evening dressage competition held at college. I was at the yard from 3pm getting ready before my evening yard duties, then I had to quickly go back to prepping myself and Mac (thankfully one if my friends is good at plaiting & was nice enough to plait him up for me!) I did the Intro A class on Mac. We achieved a score of 65.65% putting us in 4th place out of a large class, as well as being the highest place academy student in the class?! Mac went well, I made a few minor errors, such as a not so circular circle, but I am proud of our test, which earned us 6 and 7 throughout, with an 8 for our halt & salute!
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Saturday, 21 September 2013
Show Jumping Academy
On Friday I went to the first showjumping academy training session, which I am participating in alongside my Level 3 Horse Management qualification, in order to get further training and the opportunity to compete.
For the first session at the external yard (where the training takes place,) I rode a coloured gelding called Nike. He was about 14.1hh (bearing in mind I'm 5'8" !) so he was just a bit of a change from the 16hh horses I'm used to! Nevertheless he was very cute, and his paces improved after a short canter on the right rein when warming up.
We did an introduction/assessment session, focusing mainly on how, as riders our light seat and jumping position should be. Trotting round the school in a light seat also showed how strong the lower leg needs to be in order to maintain the position without compromise to jumping performance.
As part of the academy I also have to do weekly strength and conditioning sessions, which I'm not looking forward to so much!
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Saturday, 7 September 2013
Moving On...
If you follow my facebook or twitter pages, then you may know that I am going to study for a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Horse Management (Riding &a Coaching) - just a bit of a mouthful! - at college for the next 2 years. As I am going to be residential at college I have had to leave my shared horses behind. I have had the best 2 years with them & the people I have met, however it does feel the right time to move on.
I am hoping to keep this blog updated (as I've only just started it!) so please follow my progress. As in the next 2 years I have numerous goals and aspirations, the first being to buy my own horse!
So watch this space!
As I say in this video....
...This is only the beginning.
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Thursday, 5 September 2013
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