Yes, and it gives me something to grump about every year as I complete my transformation to full curmudgeon status. 
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I was going to take a little break and do some of the many chores I need to do, but now one of my cats is sleeping on me, so I guess I will have to keep watching. At great personal sacrifice.
Meanwhile, Iāll keep plotting how Iām going to set up the Medal finals test course next week and drag my poor pony out of retirement and make him go do it
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My retired horse is gonna call your retired pony and tell him he better walk out of the field acting tender-footed next week. Mine played hard in the field yesterday morning to make sure I didnāt do this.
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Now that Iām really focusing on that oxer/oxer one stride seeing all the conversation hereā¦ I really donāt like that question.
Some of the ones who have really ridden correctly to the in are still getting flung around over the b element. It really does punish the riders who can ride correctly but donāt have a scopey, stridey horse that can make that one stride look smooth.
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Iām already not going to complete the test correctly because that pony will die before he ever countercanters lolol
A shame Nikkiās no longer with us. It would have been a lot of fun to do with her if I could coax her to play eq horse for a day.
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Gigi looked like she got a little more half halt than she bargained for on the way to fence 3.
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Wow, that was really a shame. Such a lovely round otherwise.
What happened/ I looked away for a second and missed it.
She added from 2 to 3. Very smoothly.
She got 7 strides from 2 to 3. I believe the test was to do either 5 or 6 there.
Mine will counter-canter all day long, but the trouble is that heās still on the books to teach my momās lesson for the next couple of weeks, and if he feels inspired enough that I test his buttons for tests 1-19, he will use his professional judgment when interpreting my motherās requests this week and will do something like counter canter both her rollback turns and hand-gallop the single whether or not that was specifically called for. And then he will swear on his honor that she asked him. And she will call me and say āI asked for the lead change!ā and I will only be able to say āI know you didā and then Iāll be in trouble with my mom and her trainer.
Anyway, itās for the best that when I leave for the barn in a few minutes, I just take him on his walksy-trotsy little hacks around the farm.
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Nice ride by Grace.
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Grace Debney put in a beautiful round. Quimby is freaking adorable.
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I will add that several of the riders near the top of the standby are already showing at the Grand Prix level, which not only means they have a lot of experience, but are probably very well mounted for this class.
Ditto for Grace Debney, who just had a lovely round.
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Oooooof missing the last change was a great way to invoke my trainerās wrath. Or picking up the wrong lead at the start.
Very unfortunate.
Uh oh. Hope sheās ok.
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Iām hoping the applause means sheās up.
Thatās my guess.
For some reason they changed all the horses names to the riderās hometown on CMH. You can still see the breeding, which is cool. There must be 15+ horses by Diarado across the divisions at this show
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Man, Iām in awe of Olivia Sweetnam. Sheās 12 years old and competing in her first Maclay Finals, with a horse who hasnāt done this final before either.
I could barely w/t/c at 12. To take a less experienced horse to a 3ā6ā championship and get around successfully is so impressive.
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