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Judging Guidelines
First Round Results
Finals Round Results
First Round, Part Two: Trail Class
Obviously very happy with Rooster after this one!
August 12, 2016
Competition Videos & Results
My cameraman missed the first class of the weekend: Handling & Conditioning. We placed 7th after I forgot to pick up Rooster's feet for the judges! Otherwise, Rooster was absolutely perfect!
My only real nit-pick here was that we were supposed to transition from a walk to a lope and Rooster trotted a few strides before we got into the lope. He's just a little lazy, and I'm fine with that for now! As B.F. Yeates told us earlier that day: I'd rather my horse have to ask me twice to go faster instead of taking off like a bat out of Hell!
Rooster was hesitant to enter the arena and we started out a little
off-course, but he settled down and we completed the class without any
other issues. Turn-arounds weren't perfect and he doesn't slide to a
stop, but I'm still proud of his lead changes and he did everything I
asked of him with only the slightest cue. The judges weren't impressed,
however, and we only scored a 29.5 out of 80 in this class.
As you probably already know, I didn't have a plan for my Freestyle performance. Judges were again, not impressed! We received 40 points out of a possible 120 total. But we had fun and Rooster did great in my eyes!
