ponies progress

The first outing of 2006!

Another good day out for Squire at his 3rd dressage competition. We had a small panic on the way there as the Oldmeldrum road was closed and we had to take a detour which added 10 minutes onto the journey when we were already running a bit late. Despite only ahving 20 minutes to warm up before P4, Squire was fantastic and scored 69.1% and was 3rd. We ahd over an hour until the next test so our warm up was better before P17. It was our first tiime in a 20 x 60m arena but as usual Squire was unfazed and scored 67.4% and was 2nd. A grand day out!

Our second outing into the world of dressage. Again Squire behaved beautifully the whole day. here he is at the lorry before the cless started.

We did one prelim test, P12 and scored a fantastic 64.8%, even getting one 8 for the trot work. he was placed 5th equal and has qualified for the final in March. We also had out first go at novice and did N36. This is quite a difficult test to try for a first Novice but he tried his heart out to score 56.5%. He scored an 8 for his walk work but unfirtubnately his canter let him down as he still finds it difficult to stay round and together when the time comes to go large. Despite this we were 6th. A fantastic day out.

I had only owned Squire for 12 days when we went to our first Riding Club Dressage. This is despite the fact that he had done no dressage at all before I bought him, only hunting and Cross-Country. Here he is before we went in and doesn't he scrub up well?

The test was P12 an dhe was such a good boy despite whinnying a few times. His walk and trot were nice but the canter was a bit hairy in places! Despite this we scored 62.5% and just missed being placed. A good day out was had by all!