The Waikato put on an absolutely stunning day on Sunday - clear blue skies and no wind at all with temperatures in the high teens. We had a draw that I'm sure will never be repeated - first test at 2pm - which was of great benefit as we had had a few people over for a welcome to the district barbeque the night before... Plus it was father's day and I need to at least show some appreciation of all the work David does behind the scenes!
Anyway Des was spectacular. For his first show since the Nationals almost exactly 6 months ago and a big step up in grade to Medium I couldn't have asked for anything more. He scored 63.646% in the first test and won and then a whopping 71.111% in the second test and was just beaten into second place by a hair. Of course he needs to develop his sitting and carrying power (his 6th birthday isn't until January!) and he made some baby mistakes such as confusing the half pass aid for a canter transition so to score the marks he did at this early stage is very exciting.
So a fantastic start to the season and a good confidence boost before we head down to the forum on Thursday. I have just seen that as well as most of the New Zealand dressage scene being there and the FEI officials there will be contingents from Singapore and Australia. What an amazing opportunity and I promise to share all the inside gossip when I get back!
Ciao for now.
Anyway Des was spectacular. For his first show since the Nationals almost exactly 6 months ago and a big step up in grade to Medium I couldn't have asked for anything more. He scored 63.646% in the first test and won and then a whopping 71.111% in the second test and was just beaten into second place by a hair. Of course he needs to develop his sitting and carrying power (his 6th birthday isn't until January!) and he made some baby mistakes such as confusing the half pass aid for a canter transition so to score the marks he did at this early stage is very exciting.
So a fantastic start to the season and a good confidence boost before we head down to the forum on Thursday. I have just seen that as well as most of the New Zealand dressage scene being there and the FEI officials there will be contingents from Singapore and Australia. What an amazing opportunity and I promise to share all the inside gossip when I get back!
Ciao for now.
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