Post by Kaz on Mar 13, 2009 23:30:37 GMT
Took Murphy to Oatridge (SNEC) tonight for a Prelim dressage test. It was his first ever ridden outing and he was fabulous ! ;D Really, really pleased with him. We even plaited him up for the occasion and I think he looked rather smart. ;D
Also have some video clips. Had to split the test up into wee chunks to get it upload but here is most of it, not sure if they are in the correct order but you get the idea.
I might be ever so slightly biased ! ;D But think he did ever so well for his first time out ridden and even coped really well with almost getting mowed down with some of the big dressage horses in the warm up arena ! Really pleased with him and look forward to getting him out again, not sure if we will bother plaiting again, just wanted to see how he looked plaited and at least it gave us a valid excuse to plait him up. I know they plaits are pretty rubbish, I have not plaited up a horse for 8 years so a lot of practise is needed if we are going to do it again and I did not leave enough time to plait him up this afternoon so they were pretty rushed ! But it let us see what he would look like and I figured as it was dressage they would do and look ok from a distance.
Clip of him having a walk round before they went in for there test
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=walkatstartbeforetheteststarts.flv
Clip of a trot circle on the right rein
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=trotcirclerightrein.flv
Some more canter
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=canter.flv
The walk half circles across the arena
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=walkhalfcircles.flv
The right canter circle
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=rightcantercircle.flv
The trot circle on the left rein and some canter
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=trotcircleleftreinandcanter.flv
The free walk on a long rein and the last centre line
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=freewalkonlongreinandendcentreline.flv
Also have some video clips. Had to split the test up into wee chunks to get it upload but here is most of it, not sure if they are in the correct order but you get the idea.
I might be ever so slightly biased ! ;D But think he did ever so well for his first time out ridden and even coped really well with almost getting mowed down with some of the big dressage horses in the warm up arena ! Really pleased with him and look forward to getting him out again, not sure if we will bother plaiting again, just wanted to see how he looked plaited and at least it gave us a valid excuse to plait him up. I know they plaits are pretty rubbish, I have not plaited up a horse for 8 years so a lot of practise is needed if we are going to do it again and I did not leave enough time to plait him up this afternoon so they were pretty rushed ! But it let us see what he would look like and I figured as it was dressage they would do and look ok from a distance.
Clip of him having a walk round before they went in for there test
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=walkatstartbeforetheteststarts.flv
Clip of a trot circle on the right rein
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=trotcirclerightrein.flv
Some more canter
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=canter.flv
The walk half circles across the arena
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=walkhalfcircles.flv
The right canter circle
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=rightcantercircle.flv
The trot circle on the left rein and some canter
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=trotcircleleftreinandcanter.flv
The free walk on a long rein and the last centre line
s6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/williamandsherry/DRESSAGE%2013MAR09/?action=view¤t=freewalkonlongreinandendcentreline.flv