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Post by racaille on Jul 10, 2013 8:27:53 GMT
Hmm. Have a dressage training day next Monday and we have to prepare an official test. The teenager is going for Club 3 which is just walk, trot and canter as Sam is so young and it's all new to him. I must have been feeling brave (or tipsy  ) as I have signed up for Club 2 Grand Prix and on reading the test properly it is going to test us quite a bit. The lateral work should be more or less OK but the counter canter will really be a struggle on left lead,. Paco always tries to change to his preferred lead so a) I will have to ask very precisely for the strike-off and then b) will have to try to hold him there when he tries to change. Oooo er......... But it's only a training day so it'll be fun whatever. The other competitive teenager is doing the same test but I keep telling myself I don't have to get into a battle with a 14-year-old!!! One of the biggest challenges for me will be so many hours of sitting trot .... Paco is not comfortable!!! |
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Post by brigadier on Jul 10, 2013 8:58:00 GMT
Well........!
They say you should train at the level above which you compete so all credit to you. Hope it all goes well, its training remember- no competition with the 14 year old. lol.
Are you getting your tests filmed?
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Post by racaille on Jul 11, 2013 5:49:54 GMT
Yes I will Brig, but I'm not showing anyone!!!!
Now I have to learn the ruddy test and my brain is mush in the heat ....
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Post by racaille on Jul 11, 2013 19:31:03 GMT
Well I've freaked out my gite guests who returned this evening to find me 'dancing' in the parking area! They thought I was doing some sort of rain dance but obviously I was learning the test which is quite complicated. Yes, I was doing it on foot so it looked a little odd  sooooo, to help me learn it ... ... enter at A in working trot, salute at X. Working trot to C, left track, 12m circle (12metres??? why not 10 or 15???) diagonal, up to A, centre to X, leg yield down to H ooh er then turn right, 12 m circle, diagonal, up to A then down to X (this all trot) leg yield and then at C walk. Pick up the diagonal in extended walk, pick up the track, right canter before A. Then leave the track at K to right canter to X and then back in counter canter to H, continue around, take diagonal to before X, trot, after X pick up left canter. At F left canter to X and stay in left counter canter to M. Working trot to E, 20m circle but pick up left canter at L and return to trot at I (so half a circle in canter oo er) trot to E, up to V, half circle to L and keep going past X to I, halt. hmm, work in progress |
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Post by zara on Jul 12, 2013 6:47:45 GMT
Sounds complicated reading it like that - good luck!
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Post by spotti on Jul 12, 2013 8:33:21 GMT
Well I've freaked out my gite guests who returned this evening to find me 'dancing' in the parking area! They thought I was doing some sort of rain dance but obviously I was learning the test which is quite complicated. Yes, I was doing it on foot so it looked a little odd sooooo, to help me learn it ... ... enter at A in working trot, salute at X. Working trot to C, left track, 12m circle (12metres??? why not 10 or 15???) diagonal, up to A, centre to X, leg yield down to H ooh er then turn right, 12 m circle, diagonal, up to A then down to X (this all trot) leg yield and then at C walk. Pick up the diagonal in extended walk, pick up the track, right canter before A. Then leave the track at K to right canter to X and then back in counter canter to H, continue around, take diagonal to before X, trot, after X pick up left canter. At F left canter to X and stay in left counter canter to M. Working trot to E, 20m circle but pick up left canter at L and return to trot at I (so half a circle in canter oo er) trot to E, up to V, half circle to L and keep going past X to I, halt. hmm, work in progress Good luck with learning that test! I managed to follow up until "leg yield down to H then turn right"...I'm blaming the right turn for confusing me lol. Not that I do dressage but when I'm learning a new agility track (not competed yet...even though we've been playing at it for over a year now  ) I break it down into tiny chunks and draw it out on an arena - I find it easier to imagine what we've got to do when it's all in lines (with coded patterns - e.g solid line is walk, dashed line is trot, long dashed lines [long line small gap] could be canter etc) instead of words. Does that even make any sense? I could draw you an example of not... Good luck with the training day. I always admire your drive to keep getting out an doing things, especially when it's so hot (and I'm guessing its hotter over there than it is here yet here we are puttin off working because its just too much like hard work lol). |
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Post by haffyfan on Jul 12, 2013 17:54:46 GMT
Well I've freaked out my gite guests who returned this evening to find me 'dancing' in the parking area! They thought I was doing some sort of rain dance but obviously I was learning the test which is quite complicated. Yes, I was doing it on foot so it looked a little odd Good luck - and lol at the guests, amybe you should get the Oh or teenager to join you and invest in one of these |
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Post by racaille on Jul 12, 2013 18:19:50 GMT
Har har Haf! I must have looked just as daft - I was trotting and cantering (on the correct leg obviously  ...... And yes, Spotti, that's a great idea, I will draw it ... I too learn things best when I write them down. Thanks for that. |
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Post by fimacg on Jul 13, 2013 20:49:44 GMT
I hate reading them like that... I also look like I am conducting as I will draw the movements in the air with my hand as I try to visualise the movements
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Post by spotti on Jul 14, 2013 16:58:28 GMT
Lol rac - whenever we have 'played' at dressage (when I say played I obviously mean me running round like a loon while faith stands and watches ) I have to canter on the correct lead...and then I pretend I'm doing counter canter (which is surprisingly hard!!!) and flying changes  |
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) as I have signed up for Club 2 Grand Prix and on reading the test properly it is going to test us quite a bit. The lateral work should be more or less OK but the counter canter will really be a struggle on left lead,. Paco always tries to change to his preferred lead so a) I will have to ask very precisely for the strike-off and then b) will have to try to hold him there when he tries to change. Oooo er.........
for so much hard work we thank ye!!
) I break it down into tiny chunks and draw it out on an arena - I find it easier to imagine what we've got to do when it's all in lines (with coded patterns - e.g solid line is walk, dashed line is trot, long dashed lines [long line small gap] could be canter etc) instead of words. Does that even make any sense? I could draw you an example of not...
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