Well I don’t think it was our finest test ever, but we did get back into the dressage thing at Brook Farm yesterday!

Class 1. Unaffiliated Dressage. Brook Farm training centre. Essex. 30/09/2017. MANDATORY Credit Garry Bowden/Sportinpictures – NO UNAUTHORISED USE – 07837 394578

Class 1. Unaffiliated Dressage. Brook Farm training centre. Essex. 30/09/2017. MANDATORY Credit Garry Bowden/Sportinpictures – NO UNAUTHORISED USE – 07837 394578

He was pretty dead in the ring which was really disappointing as he’s been so much more forward at home. But he has some kind of insect bite thing going on (again) at the moment and he was wormed the night before so he may not have been feeling 100%. Once he dropped back I fell back into nagging which wasn’t helpful, so I’m not terrible pleased with my riding here but we got 62.17% and I do think that’s an improvement. When he went into the ring feeling this dead to me previously we were getting 57/59%.

Here’s the video:

It doesn’t look at bad as it felt I don’t think. I need to learn to chill. Hopefully if we get a bit more practice that will improve. Roll on 28 October when we do that again.

Meanwhile there are two things I need to be thinking about:
– sitting stiller
– shortening my reins a bit.

I might put some tape on the inside of the reins and try to concentrate on keeping them a bit shorter. I don’t think they need to be super short but I do think they need to come in a bit. He couldn’t show enough stretch in the trot when called for as the reins were already too long, and he didn’t get a good mark for the free walk either.

Next week or so then, he’ll get some chill time!
Monday – Schooling (poles? Equicore)
Tuesday – DAY OFF
Wednesday – Lunging (Equicore)
Thursday – Schooling (Equicore)
Friday – DAY OFF (I’m away)
Saturday – DAY OFF (I’m away)
Sunday – DAY OFF (I’m away)
Monday – DAY OFF (I’m away)
Tuesday – Lunge (Equicore)
Wednesday – Schooling (Equicore)
Thursday – Schooling (poles)
Friday – Field