Post by bonnyben on Sept 27, 2010 11:24:17 GMT
Was a fabulouly sunny day but quite cold when we arrived for the BHS Ayrshire trec Competition on Saturday.
There wer 20 competitors mostly doing new comers, I had elected to do both becaue I thought hta is what you did, I did it once before at Sandyfats in Glasgow under the Kelly Mark Winter sriies...
This was a different matter entirely...... first off you were in a huge open field rather than the rather nice restraints offered at the outside arena at Sandyflats for the control of paces - this time we had to stay within a track in the said huge field, we managed that but were far too fast so zero points for n/c and 9 points for open.....walk was too slow as I knew it would be 13 points and zero........then there was the opening and closing of gates from horseback....and then there was the brush jumps - Ben and I were rubbage at them.
But we did the low branches for both classes, the immobility the S bend - zero for rein back zero for led corridor but full marks for weaving.
The best thing was the maypole, you had to grab a sort of bungie line and ride a full circle holding it, it was great fun except we didn't manage it... but brilliant day, brilliant... ;D ;D ;D
There wer 20 competitors mostly doing new comers, I had elected to do both becaue I thought hta is what you did, I did it once before at Sandyfats in Glasgow under the Kelly Mark Winter sriies...
This was a different matter entirely...... first off you were in a huge open field rather than the rather nice restraints offered at the outside arena at Sandyflats for the control of paces - this time we had to stay within a track in the said huge field, we managed that but were far too fast so zero points for n/c and 9 points for open.....walk was too slow as I knew it would be 13 points and zero........then there was the opening and closing of gates from horseback....and then there was the brush jumps - Ben and I were rubbage at them.
But we did the low branches for both classes, the immobility the S bend - zero for rein back zero for led corridor but full marks for weaving.
The best thing was the maypole, you had to grab a sort of bungie line and ride a full circle holding it, it was great fun except we didn't manage it... but brilliant day, brilliant... ;D ;D ;D
any pics? 
) any snobbery, so people just have a good laugh.
. I remember one bloke on a big tb type who was a bit full of himself. It all went wrong for him under the 'low branches'. He took out the first, which whacked his horse on the bum sending it off like a starting pistol. Mr Up Himself came off over the horse's head, taking the bridle with him - don't ask me how! He was not so snooty to the youngsters on their sensible little rustic horses after that!