Well daughter went to her 2nd show in the weekend. Wasn't sure how she would go as there was no training ring just the 10-12yr old group, which had some good ponies and riders in it.
Each class she did involved cantering, which is a pace we are still working on. Its the brakes department that need a bit of work as daughter and pony havent got that sussed yet.
One thing that really annoyed me was that the circle they used was very small in ratio to how many ponies there were. So they all got bunched up. Daughters pony has a fast trot and canter so kept getting stuck behind slow pokes! So a number of riders went wide so you ended up with 2 circles one inside one outside. So the judge didnt really get a good view of the outa circle ponies. Apparently in other classes who has same bunched up problems, the riders who went wide got disqualified!!
But they did very well and im very proud of them. She only got one ribbon a 3rd in best rider which I thought was awesome. When they get the cantering sorted out then im sure we will have more ribbons to come.
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