April 17, 2010

Short Show Update

Day 1: If you looked at the live scoring, you can see we stand in a whopping 20th place.  Dressage was bad, I think much to do with that sore muscle.  I didn't push Solo on it so the whole half of the test tracking left is pretty ugly.  Tracking right, he put in a decent canter & I let him be.  Hence our very nasty 44.7.  And since Novice is where heaps of adult riders park & spend the rest of their life because Training scares them, it's VERY competitive.

Solo was quite willing to go forward though, so I figured I'd let him have a go at XC & he could decide what he wanted to do. Well, as soon as I rode out to the warmup field, he perked up & soared over the warmup jumps beautifully.

Then he saw the start box & I think his tail actually caught on fire. Optimum time was 5:18. We finished in like 4:39. He was flying. And jumping really well, so we'll give stadium a go tomorrow morning & if he says no, we'll walk off with no regrets -- the XC course was a GREAT ride & he willingly took in stride the trakhener, big bank, jump out of the water, wide brush & a tall bench. Hooray, Solo!

Here's a sneak preview of us all prettified for dressage, just to whet your appetite.  And yes, I did tie the stupid stock tie!

9 comments:

  1. Great - you did it and it sounds like CC was a lot of fun!

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  2. You look fabulous!!! And you BOTH look like you're having fun. Yay! I don't think 20th place is quite underdog-dramatic enough for the movies, but when you win it'll still be awesome!

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  3. Awww you guys look so cute! I've been following the live feed all day, and I'm quite impressed with 20th!

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  4. Awww! How purdy yall are! (Just had to give you that compliment in full redneckified mode) You guys are such an awesome team!

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  5. You guys are BEAUTIFUL!! :-) It sounds like CC was a blast. Good luck with stadium!

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  6. You have the BEST attitude about this! I'm glad to hear XC went so well and anxious to find out about SJ :)

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  7. Ok, I admit it... that is a beautiful jacket. Glad you and Solo did well even with the sore back muscle.

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  8. Thank you! We had a lot of fun riding out there!

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