Showing posts with label dressage training show haflinger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dressage training show haflinger. Show all posts

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Dressage Training

One week until the show! WHEW! It has been a long road, and I can't really believe we made it. Well, Wisey making it was a  given. More me being too sick to practice and whatnot. But that isn't the point - the point is WE ARE ALMOST READY! We have all the clothing/equipment except a hairnet but that shouldn't be hard to get. I just need to polish the tack, give Wisey a bath the day before, and memorize the end of the second test...xP and then RIDE.
We had a lesson today and we did better than we ever have before. We pulled off both tests really well and I didn't get sick halfway through the lesson - which is a first! Well, I had some problems remember parts of the tests...but Wisey was perfect! :D Plus his girlfriend Sadie was in the ring during the first half (She's a Haflinger as well - they look a lot alike but she's darker and skinnier) and they are adorable together. Anne (her rider/owner) says that one day we should do a double Dressage test with each other one day because they look so good with each other, and I think that would be awesome! Unfortunately, we are competing AGAINST each other four times in the show =O It wont be a problem though, in the beginning Dressage tests your only real competition is yourself. Sounds weird, but it's true. Plus this is Wisey & I's first test - we will probably not do very well xD Wisey will be distracted seeing all the new things and people in the stands and I will be nervous and do something stupid and forget the test. YUP! :D But it's for fun, so as long as we don't get disqualified i'm good. If we do i'll be extremely embarrassed :P (Of myself, not Wisey)

Also, Wisey has a new stall with a RUN so he can be nosy and look at everything :) He loves it.