tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post5190333722504332770..comments2023-08-03T04:01:42.288-04:00Comments on Dream Big: 4/24 - Schooling Show - First Level!Codex Dressagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04736021620789376995noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post-40525348023858775492016-05-01T09:58:27.814-04:002016-05-01T09:58:27.814-04:00Thanks for reading!
I got to see my trainer yeste...Thanks for reading!<br /><br />I got to see my trainer yesterday, and we agreed it's a stiffness/overworking issue. We have a plan for the next month!Codex Dressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736021620789376995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post-83403130908237860622016-05-01T09:56:50.125-04:002016-05-01T09:56:50.125-04:00I don't mind shrugging the judge off, Penn is ...I don't mind shrugging the judge off, Penn is mostly out here for the experience so he doesn't have a meltdown at recognized stuff! And so I can learn these tests. Argh. Haha!Codex Dressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736021620789376995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post-86238070289903396102016-04-29T22:55:13.110-04:002016-04-29T22:55:13.110-04:00Just found your blog and read through from the beg...Just found your blog and read through from the beginning. I love how you balance your goals and work towards them. You guys are amazing, making incredible progress, and it's been so much fun over the last few days to see how far you've come in the past year. Don't let one tough judge get you down. <br /><br />As for the rear end issue, Katai has been like this lately. I think I've found a small bruise on one of her back feet but I also think that she's really been pushing forward and carrying herself so I think some of it is just stiffness or tiredness. If she doesn't start being consistently more floaty again soon I'm going to have to figure out next steps. Right now I'm just giving her a bit more time to work out of it.Piccoloponyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08275679567725425281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post-1887150793320024402016-04-29T17:55:14.646-04:002016-04-29T17:55:14.646-04:00Jeez that judge sounds rather nasty. I would just ...Jeez that judge sounds rather nasty. I would just shrug that one off. I love you guys as a pair!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11609268980526224486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post-48064474740702801732016-04-29T14:47:20.591-04:002016-04-29T14:47:20.591-04:00I think it's like you said- he's so loose ...I think it's like you said- he's so loose in general that any tension makes his gaits turn. It's a thin line of what I can do with him when he's like this... posting the trot and he's wiggly all over and zoomy and sometimes he lays on me. Sitting the trot and he looks lame and disjointed. I really don't think he was tired from working with Stephen. His energy level felt the same (I rarely have a "tired" horse), but then again he's so forward that maybe when he gets tired it manifests in tension instead of dragging. In the past month, we've had good days and bad. The good look like Stephen's lesson, the bad look like the show.<br /><br />I haven't found the magic button to get the relaxation back yet- the first thing I did when I felt this at the start of the month was get going forward, let's go gallop. It made it worse. I brought him back and he was hoppy and horrible and tighter. I'm looking for the answer and just haven't found it yet.<br /><br />Perhaps some more in depth body work is required. I haven't found a chiro I like (I don't like rough), but one of the vets that comes to our barn does chiro work and everyone seems to like her.<br /><br />I just want my boy to feel better too :-( I haven't been working him hard in the ring since the show because I'm afraid I'm doing him a disservice. Instead we've done a light/basic warm up in the ring, then gone for slow gentle walks up and down hills. He's been relaxed and cooperative for the ring work, but every now and then as he gets going I feel a hitch.Codex Dressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736021620789376995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post-86506433362249785942016-04-29T12:52:25.540-04:002016-04-29T12:52:25.540-04:00That's SO WEIRD with his gaits, I totally didn...That's SO WEIRD with his gaits, I totally didn't believe you in yesterday's post but yah, weird. Could it just be that he was sore from working with Stephen the day before? It almost looked like a tension thing, like he didn't want to swing his hind legs under his body due to tension in the lower back (SI joint maybe) so he was interrupting the swing of the hind legs at the canter especially (where the back naturally swings more anyway). <br /><br />One of the horses I work with canters like this when he's tight in the back. Penn is so loose in general that it might take just a tiny bit of tension to get his gaits to turn. Eh just a thought. With the horse in my barn we usually just get up and gallop him to get his pelvis actually moving- find a canter where the rhythm is correct and then half halt from there. But he's on the lazier side anyway. <br /><br />So weird! Yah some judges love to tell people to post if the test isn't going perfectly. I had a student whose horse just has never done well with posting trot (she's very strong so it's good to have your core to keep her together) and judges loved to tell the kid that the horse would move better at the posting trot. Well yah sure that might be true, but she'll also drag my kid around the arena so we figured sitting trot was best for her training. Obviously all those comments go away starting at Second so we just ignored them. <br /><br />Hopefully Penn feels better and that the next show goes really well!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255900012774193536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post-1862177035918025552016-04-29T08:14:23.291-04:002016-04-29T08:14:23.291-04:00Yes please on the GP button! I'll pay a small ...Yes please on the GP button! I'll pay a small fortune for it too. Just think of it as advance payment on future lessons, hehe.<br /><br />She was super harsh at times... it was weird. She wasn't afraid to give good scores when they were deserved, and I thought she was fairly nice. But man, she was willing to nail people for the slightest thing. I agree though, he was much better for the clinic. It shaped what I'm doing at the recognized show (only 1 test on day 2), and we'll see how that goes.Codex Dressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736021620789376995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post-16485279640684674802016-04-29T08:09:55.664-04:002016-04-29T08:09:55.664-04:00Haha, posting would have ended just as poorly for ...Haha, posting would have ended just as poorly for me as sitting did. Pick your poison! I probably would have tried posting in the second test if she had made her sitting comment after my first test... but she waited until after the second so... I unknowingly stuck to my guns?<br /><br />I don't think I can join on the 20th- I'm leaving for the recognized show that day. I'll probably try to make it over there another day, if work gives me the time off... I believe she's off traveling for every weekend except this one coming up!Codex Dressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736021620789376995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post-49446158702183584952016-04-29T07:55:56.672-04:002016-04-29T07:55:56.672-04:00I feel you on the hind end weakness. Stinker has i...I feel you on the hind end weakness. Stinker has improved greatly but the more he improves the more I realize how weak it was. Can we just slap a GP butt on our horses? That would be great.<br /><br />I think that the judge was a bit harsh (because my uneducated opinion out weighs hers...lol). But he did look much better for the clinic.EventingSaddlebredStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610596082916022402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010353728052033100.post-13490580241096838612016-04-29T07:35:38.479-04:002016-04-29T07:35:38.479-04:00I can see what you mean on gaits - compared to the...I can see what you mean on gaits - compared to the videos of the clinic, Penn isn't moving as well in these videos. But that could be from a slew of reasons :(. And yeah - you could try posting the next time around, but that went super poorly for me haha :P. Wish I would have stuck to my guns like you.<br /><br />Anyways, I'm tentatively planning to haul to our instructor's place for a lesson on the 20th. I'll have the day off of work though, so I'll be going in the morning, if it pans out. You're welcome to join!Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303236534507171227noreply@blogger.com