This was the first time Winnie had been to Rolelu, and one of the rules for dressage is the horses cannot warm up or be in the dressage arena other than for the actual competition. The geese in the pond had spooked a few
horses, and Winnie who is usually not bothered by anything, kept a watchful eye on the pond while she waited to enter the arena. The start of the pattern seemed to go well except Win was "peppy", then when she turned her backside and blind eye toward the pond, the geese flapped wings, made a lot of noise, and Win was convinced the best course of action was to about face toward the threat and get out of there. Justine struggled to keep her in the corner and slowed down as Win did a few spinning circles and then tried to move straight out. In the third picture Win is calming down, taking her ques from Justine rather than instinct, getting back straight on the rail, and Justine is fighting back tears. The judge gave them a moment to collect and complete the pattern where they left off. Win was still a bit keyed up and tried hard. In her process of anticipating she mistook Justine's leg from walk to trot by the rail to mean "jump that sucker" and before Justine knew it, over they went like it was a hunt show. Two steps on the other side, she came to a stop, Justine started to cry, and Winnie's high proud head slowly dropped as if she knew she did wrong, and she slowly walked back into the arena. The rest of the pattern was much slower and controlled. So much for pattern intro A, but hey we have one more, Intro B to do.
horses, and Winnie who is usually not bothered by anything, kept a watchful eye on the pond while she waited to enter the arena. The start of the pattern seemed to go well except Win was "peppy", then when she turned her backside and blind eye toward the pond, the geese flapped wings, made a lot of noise, and Win was convinced the best course of action was to about face toward the threat and get out of there. Justine struggled to keep her in the corner and slowed down as Win did a few spinning circles and then tried to move straight out. In the third picture Win is calming down, taking her ques from Justine rather than instinct, getting back straight on the rail, and Justine is fighting back tears. The judge gave them a moment to collect and complete the pattern where they left off. Win was still a bit keyed up and tried hard. In her process of anticipating she mistook Justine's leg from walk to trot by the rail to mean "jump that sucker" and before Justine knew it, over they went like it was a hunt show. Two steps on the other side, she came to a stop, Justine started to cry, and Winnie's high proud head slowly dropped as if she knew she did wrong, and she slowly walked back into the arena. The rest of the pattern was much slower and controlled. So much for pattern intro A, but hey we have one more, Intro B to do.
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