Pirouette
27th September 2009, 05:23 PM
It was the last dessage of our summer season with our local dressage group today. I've been struggling a bit recently with nerves - I can ride OK at home and in the warmup, but as soon as I get in the arena it all goes to pieces and I get upset as I feel I am letting Tali down.
Today I managed to ride more effectively, and keep my nerves more under control. We still have a long way to go, but I was very pleased to get 63.6% in one class and 61.6% in the other :)
We were roughly in the middle of each class, which is encouraging as there were some very nice horses there and I think means we are competing at the right level for us at the moment. I think Tali was the smallest in each of our classes by a hand or two :lol:
Today I managed to ride more effectively, and keep my nerves more under control. We still have a long way to go, but I was very pleased to get 63.6% in one class and 61.6% in the other :)
We were roughly in the middle of each class, which is encouraging as there were some very nice horses there and I think means we are competing at the right level for us at the moment. I think Tali was the smallest in each of our classes by a hand or two :lol: