This message is from: vivian creigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Winona did it again! She won the Prelim Single Pony in spite of my total brain freeze in dressage. I didn't really forget the test pattern I was just totally disoriented as to where I was in the ring. Heard the bell twice and finally the head judge ran out with a copy of the test. I just kept driving the 30m circle exclaiming every 2 secs. that I was either lost or knew where I was going then was lost again. This is only the third time in my life when I've been lost in a test so I guess not bad over a 21 year period but the first where I got two penalties for 15pts, ouch!
We've posted her dressage minus the wandering and her cones as well as 2 hazards on the WINONA NEWS page. She didn't run fast in the hazards which seems to be our weak link and and even though we won the marathon, not by much, so yesterday I worked hard on making her run as fast I dared into my hand and keep it up until I asked her to come back. She was great in by big field but when we got into my woods trail which is extremely up and down she seemed to back off at first then got better.
At The Laurels we face all those drivers from the PA area who are fiercely competitive so I need to avoid making any mistakes. I'm going to try a breathing strip on her nose on Sat when I do our last stress day as although her recoveries are awesome she does pant. Does anyone have any experience with these strips? They seem to have become quite the rage in combined driving as well as eventing where they have used been used for awhile. I'm thinking that I'll have to cut it down to fit her nose as she's pretty dainty. Anyone who has used them please gi
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