Wow, well Ram Tap was...interesting. Rain bogged down all the footing, and mud did not help Regal and my performance!! He was gorgeous in dressage despite the sloppy footing, which I can tell is not his favorite. Stadium was a disaster. Hands down the worst course we've had, but I learned a lot. We had refusals and rails and time...you name it we had it. Ick. Cross country the next day was double clear and reminded me why I remain in this sport!!
Just got back from a weekend at Twin Rivers, and overall it went well!! I was bummed with our dressage performance; it wasn't the best we could do. But for whatever reason that day Regal and I were not in sync and something was clashing. I could tell he was irritated and distracted, and not as supple and forward as he should have been. Some days you have it and some days you don't. Stadium was a slight improvement. I feel like there were amazing moments durning the course, and I can tell we are slowly getting the feel of how it should be. Regardless we still had faults. Once again, cross country was our saving grace :) Twin made for our third double clear xc round in a row!! It had started to rain a little during our course, and on our third to last fence, a log into water, Regal slipped and lost his hind end a bit, I lost my stirrups, we had to circle to get a good approach to the fence and we still came in slightly under optimum time haha...quite an accomplishment considering how far behind time we were just last September!!
Though sometimes it feels like the improvements take forever, I can tell they are happening. It would be nice if everything happened over night, but one of these days it is going to feel so good to have that clear round and know Regal and I totally deserved it :)
