Tomorrow evening will be the first dressage competition for Team Iris. I'm pretty confident it will go well, given all the things we have in our favour:
- I have had to borrow a bridle because I always take the nosebands off mine because they look silly with western gear and then I lose them.
- Turns out the bridle I have borrowed is actually black, with
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(But then I'm all about indulging equine curiosity at these things)
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Try drawing the pattern out in the sand, keeping track of what gait/movement you're doing in your head. I found that really helped me learn my dressage tests for some reason.
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Hope it goes well!
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If Iris keeps her brain in her head and we get around something that looks a little like a dressage test then she'll be a winner in my eyes.
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I am sensing nerves, too.
In the US, there are a lot of snobby "dressage queens" but there are also a lot of beginners, as well as people who remember what it was like to starting out, on a green horse. They are usually nice :)
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We have them all over the place around here (and I am willing to pay extra for a place with an indoor). In warmer parts of the US a lot of people have "Cover-all" arenas, which have a top and partial sides but are more open so a breeze can pass through.
Horses who've never been in one before can get a little spooked. And then there are things like snow sliding off the roof in early spring -- guaranteed to cause spooks! A friend was riding outdoors just next to an indoor a few years ago. Snow slid off the roof and her horse teleported sideways about 15 meters!
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The predominance of bosals and bosalitos is probably why you don't see many nosebands on Western tack. Plus horses going in the curb are expected to not need a noseband.
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In my favour I will at least not be doing any of that...
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