WILLERBY HILL CHRISTMAS DRESSAGE SHOW & TRAILBLAZER QUALS....
Fridays session went not so well and i was very anxious about this mornings performance,in the warm up jayde was very welled tuned and listening for once and i felt really good about nailing prelim 10, i went in and smiled most of the time jayde was fab and we scooped a fantastic 64.54% and took 2nd in the junior section and 4th in the combined section, i won a medal, a rosette and of course my much wanted qualification...regional finals here i come yay! the rossette is red and white and gorgeous and says mey xmas on it lol.
prelim 14, molly went lovely and they looked great and leona got 58.52% and cruised in at 6th place and jayde not so polished this time got 56.54% and took 8th place, and those score cards and rossettes are in the post...
overall it's been a wonderful day and things are looking up for us....
Laura Salmon x
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
TUESDAYS LESSON....IT DIDNT COMPLETELY RAIN FOR ONCE!
So, tuesday had arived time for some tuition once again.... and in our arena new flood lights have been put up so i expected her to be a bit shy aswell as afte having mondaY off but for the first 35mins she was unpredictable one minute she was complying the next she was going mental, and tracy took me through one of the tests but jayde was just messing around so TRacy got on her for ten mins to give her the business, when i got back on she was much better and we finished on a positive note. Tracy advised i cut her feed down and lunged her the days i couldnt ride...
So today my Gran is going to lunge her with side reins on for 45 mins, as i'm woking tonight all though it would appear i have caught a bug maybe the flu and am having the day off college, work is undecided...
On Friday i intend to ride her for 1h 30mins or until she settles down, so she is good and ready for saturdays competition at Willerby hill.
Laura Salmon x
So, tuesday had arived time for some tuition once again.... and in our arena new flood lights have been put up so i expected her to be a bit shy aswell as afte having mondaY off but for the first 35mins she was unpredictable one minute she was complying the next she was going mental, and tracy took me through one of the tests but jayde was just messing around so TRacy got on her for ten mins to give her the business, when i got back on she was much better and we finished on a positive note. Tracy advised i cut her feed down and lunged her the days i couldnt ride...
So today my Gran is going to lunge her with side reins on for 45 mins, as i'm woking tonight all though it would appear i have caught a bug maybe the flu and am having the day off college, work is undecided...
On Friday i intend to ride her for 1h 30mins or until she settles down, so she is good and ready for saturdays competition at Willerby hill.
Laura Salmon x
Saturday, November 18, 2006
FRIDAYS LESSON WITH TRACY....
Well the weather disliked us again yesterday and in our lesson with tracy it rained and the wind blew but we carried on.
Having missed my tuesday riding spot with jayde due to obscene hours of working Jayde had a little too much energy and took ages to settle down.
By the end of the lesson she had calmed down and now we are focusing on the WH quals for dressage on the 25th Nov. We've sent our entries off today and i am doing prelim 10 and prelim 14 and leona just 14.
Today i am hacking her out before practicing dressage so it wont all get to her head too much, she has to remember she has her winter break coming up soon, so i need all the training and practice now for the 3 last competitions this year accumalating in christmas SJ.
Thats all for now
Laura Salmon x
ROUND UP OF JUMPING AT WH....
On Sunday ~Morning we were up bright and early for trailblazers quals at WH, leaving the yard at 08.30 am, not really much to pack as we'd packed the car in the nights before. When we arrived after 1hr's drive, we went straight and entered. Molly in 75cms as a main class and Jayde in 75cms as a warm up. Molly went fairly well until she did a dead stop at the water tray and Leona managed to slip off. Jayde on the other hand flew round nicely but caught the rail on number 6! No quals there. Leona took Jayde in 85cms to get some experience of bigger classes and again Jayde had one rail down :-(. After that i went for my main class 95cms and Jayde jumped lovely over the first 4 jumps but then stopped at some wall fillers which was daft because she'd already jumped them and i ended up on her neck which knocked her confidence. After that she would jump it and it was the end of the road for us.
Not too disheartened we travelled safely home to prepare for the challenges that lay ahead of us.
Laura Salmon x
On Sunday ~Morning we were up bright and early for trailblazers quals at WH, leaving the yard at 08.30 am, not really much to pack as we'd packed the car in the nights before. When we arrived after 1hr's drive, we went straight and entered. Molly in 75cms as a main class and Jayde in 75cms as a warm up. Molly went fairly well until she did a dead stop at the water tray and Leona managed to slip off. Jayde on the other hand flew round nicely but caught the rail on number 6! No quals there. Leona took Jayde in 85cms to get some experience of bigger classes and again Jayde had one rail down :-(. After that i went for my main class 95cms and Jayde jumped lovely over the first 4 jumps but then stopped at some wall fillers which was daft because she'd already jumped them and i ended up on her neck which knocked her confidence. After that she would jump it and it was the end of the road for us.
Not too disheartened we travelled safely home to prepare for the challenges that lay ahead of us.
Laura Salmon x
Thursday, November 09, 2006
TUESDAYS LESSON WITH TRACY.....
In my lesson on Jayde on tuesday with Tracy, jayde was really unsettled so tracy jumped on to help me out, but the end she had stopped having a hissy fit and complied to canter a 20m circle nicely, with longer strides, tracy was also confident that i would make it on the 25th Nov Quals, which was an extra boost of confidence i needed.
College closed early on wed and despite having to be at work for 5pm i managed to get 40 mins in on jayde and practiced keeping a steady rhythm in canter and i popped a few fences as a practice for sundays jumping qualifiers at willerby. In which i'm doing 2 classes, in which i need a double clear to get to regionals. She went nicely.
So i've spent the week doing the usual, college, working, riding every spare minute and now packing for this weekends equestrian event at WH. Every one keep their fingers crossed for me, i need to ride well and have no bad luck.
Laura Salmon x
In my lesson on Jayde on tuesday with Tracy, jayde was really unsettled so tracy jumped on to help me out, but the end she had stopped having a hissy fit and complied to canter a 20m circle nicely, with longer strides, tracy was also confident that i would make it on the 25th Nov Quals, which was an extra boost of confidence i needed.
College closed early on wed and despite having to be at work for 5pm i managed to get 40 mins in on jayde and practiced keeping a steady rhythm in canter and i popped a few fences as a practice for sundays jumping qualifiers at willerby. In which i'm doing 2 classes, in which i need a double clear to get to regionals. She went nicely.
So i've spent the week doing the usual, college, working, riding every spare minute and now packing for this weekends equestrian event at WH. Every one keep their fingers crossed for me, i need to ride well and have no bad luck.
Laura Salmon x
TRAILBLAZERS DRESSAGE QUAL 5TH NOVEMBER.....
When we arrived at willerby everything seemed fine and for once it wasn't too cold, but in warm up it soon became apparent that it wasnt going to be my day, jayde was rushing a round and it was taking me all my time to calm her and myself down, afte is stressed over a hair net.
Jayde went ok in the test but for the second part of the canter she lead on the wong leg which ended up seiously jeopardising our position, i came out with my confidence knocked and felt unhappy after all my hard work. Molly went well.
when the results came out i was expecting around 40% but a pleasant suprise as i got 57.72% unfortunately 0.28% under what i needed to qualify, leona on the othe hand scooped 7th place and a qualification to regional finals on 4th march with 62.72%.
On 25th november i have one more chance to get through and being so close this time and with another couple of lessons, i am pretty sure i can make it!
When we arrived at willerby everything seemed fine and for once it wasn't too cold, but in warm up it soon became apparent that it wasnt going to be my day, jayde was rushing a round and it was taking me all my time to calm her and myself down, afte is stressed over a hair net.
Jayde went ok in the test but for the second part of the canter she lead on the wong leg which ended up seiously jeopardising our position, i came out with my confidence knocked and felt unhappy after all my hard work. Molly went well.
when the results came out i was expecting around 40% but a pleasant suprise as i got 57.72% unfortunately 0.28% under what i needed to qualify, leona on the othe hand scooped 7th place and a qualification to regional finals on 4th march with 62.72%.
On 25th november i have one more chance to get through and being so close this time and with another couple of lessons, i am pretty sure i can make it!
Friday, November 03, 2006
2 DAYS.....
Well i've managed to crawl out from this endless world of work and homework and gotten to ride jayde and molly this afternoon, Jayde was fab and is looking a good prospect for sunday however Molly on the other hnd could have quite alot of improvement and hopefully leona will neaten her up a bit. I've just been so busy.
Jayde was shod on wednesday, so she's got nice shiny shoes on, no risk of them coming off from being loose. Tonight i've just started sunday's packing, and now i know when we both ride i can alter the schedule so it's more appropriate :-) I ride at 12.59pm and Leona at 1.06pm.
I have a whole load of college work to do but my main focus this weekend is making the 58% grade, so i can proceed to the regional finals!!! in March! So tomorrows going to be a lot of final preparation, cleaning, polishing and packing even more.
This is when it gets busiest for me...
Laura Salmon x
Well i've managed to crawl out from this endless world of work and homework and gotten to ride jayde and molly this afternoon, Jayde was fab and is looking a good prospect for sunday however Molly on the other hnd could have quite alot of improvement and hopefully leona will neaten her up a bit. I've just been so busy.
Jayde was shod on wednesday, so she's got nice shiny shoes on, no risk of them coming off from being loose. Tonight i've just started sunday's packing, and now i know when we both ride i can alter the schedule so it's more appropriate :-) I ride at 12.59pm and Leona at 1.06pm.
I have a whole load of college work to do but my main focus this weekend is making the 58% grade, so i can proceed to the regional finals!!! in March! So tomorrows going to be a lot of final preparation, cleaning, polishing and packing even more.
This is when it gets busiest for me...
Laura Salmon x
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