Man things are really busy over here, so busy. So, so busy. Where were things? So TWO WEEKS ago I had a lesson. It was a pretty good lesson, she confirmed my (slower) trotting pace is the correct one for Mia right now. She confirmed I am riding better (yay) but that I need to do shoulder in. When? All the times. When I think I am done with shoulder in? Do more. Yay! Right? HA! So why so much shoulder in? Mia is unbalanced and is falling on her forehand, especially in corners, and riding the shoulder in before, through and after the corners are going to help her stay balanced and seamless. Interesting. We also looked at her canter and while Mia is leaning/falling in, the suggestion was for Mia to simply go faster and with more outside rein. Did it help? Eh, kinda. Baby steps and all. Not super confident but it can't really hurt with where we are now.
That lesson prepared us for our little CT. Overall it was a good show. It was held at my barn and I volunteered to take pictures of most competitors so there was that complication. It also meant I have virtually no pics of myself. And then when I was done with my ride, I was asked to stay at the ring with Mia because another horse was freaking out when Mia tried to leave. Herd bound horses.....ugh. The dressage went pretty well and we scored a 35%. The judge wanted more leap in the canter (Baby steps judge, baby steps!) and a little more bend in said canter but she did NOT say we were falling in. To the left. We did get that comment to the right, but to the right is Mia's hard direction and I don't think I pushed her fast enough to help straighten her out. Again, baby steps!
The stadium portion was a huge cluster, I was supposed to ride at 1p but they didn't even start any jump division until 1p AND they were letting people school in the arena over the jumps we were supposed to go over. I know it was a schooling show, but wth?!? It made for a HUGE time waste. I didn't get in the arena until 145p and by that time I had been on since 1240p, it was hot, we were hot and tired and ready to be DONE. The other Novice competitor was just as annoyed as I was and it was so frustrating. ARGH!! If it wasn't at my own barn, I would have scratched and left. It was almost 90 degrees, almost no shade and no one knew what was going on. We did finally get in for our jumping class and went double clear to finish on our dressage score. I got 2nd (of 2) with a 35% and the other competitor got a 33%. The other competitor is also a former 1* horse being leased out to a 19yr old kid, so there is that. Overal, I thought the scoring was not too shabby for having virtually no preparation for the show nor being anywhere close to competition fit ha!
Mia had an easy couple of rides Tues/Weds and then got almost a full week off as I had an auto race to compete in which took our Thur-Monday. I went out last night and bebopped around bareback. I am not in shape enough to do two pointober officially so I am just competing with myself. I did two laps of bareback two point last night and feel it today (HA!) but my balance and muscle strength were on par. It's the little wins. Time to get back into the swing of things!
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