Success at Lake Oswego

Deuce and I went to Lake Oswego for a Dressage Schooling show today. I figured it would be good for us to get out and apply some of the good work we have been doing this past week. We sigend up for the Eventing Test  - Beginer Novice B Since that is mostly what we have been doing.

Our warm up went great. The rain looked like it was going to hold off for the morning so we were able to spend some time in the out door arena getting forward and focused. I loved how responsive and concentrated he was from the start. Very relaxed and ready for work. What progress we have made from last year!!! Then we had about fifteen minutes in the indoor arena and dressage court to ride around too. Which was great, I could find the spots where Deuce would be distracted (going past the judges table and the door to the outside.) We worked through those minor issues and then it was time to clear the arena and ride our test.

When I entered at A; I had a clear mind and was able to remember half of what we worked on and recall my dressage test too. We ended up with some very lovely round and bendy moments mixed in with a few not so nice nose in the air while we pass the door moments too. But overall not bad. We ended up with a score of 32... which I'm pretty happy about. We've been improving all year. And that score put us in first in our division, so a blue ribbon makes it pretty rewarding too.

Gotta love that striking spotted rump.