The llama remembered he's a horse in the nick of time in last night's competition and gained his very first red rosette for dressage with a fab score of 71.43%.
Very proud!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
A blue fancy ribbon for Geoff Geoff
Smiles all round after last night's Saddle Club dressage and a 2nd place for Geoffrey! What a superstar. All that fancy work in the double bridle doing banana shuffles and simple changes is paying off!
Championship Show
After months of preparation (!) we made it. The warm up was amazing (after a weekend of Kattenbusch clinics) but we both got a bit of stage fright in the arena. Ah, I'm just mightily chuffed that we were able to take part and have a good day. Maybe next year we'll qualify again...
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Dressage clinic April 09
So I'm not flapping too much about tomorrow's competition! We've had a fabulous weekend of dressage clinics and produced some beautiful work!
You will do sitting trot - even if I have to remove your stirrups!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
WSC Show Jumping March 09
Geoff's reward for being subjected to so much dressage!
(Left the audio on as it's quite amusing.)
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Elementary Dressage March 09
Ok, so it's not the Championship Show yet, but it is the hardest Elementary there is (before Medium) and I'm rather pleased with some of the results.
There's a lot to work on though...poor Geoff. But we have been jumping, which I promised as a reward for putting up with stressage!
Dressage March 09
Our warm up for the Elementary (we did better in this one as it turns out). The last in the winter series...only the Championship Show in April left to go.
We're not feeling the pressure...much.
Pairs dressage Feb 2009
2009 Pairs dressage and we gained a very respectable third place even though Geoffrey was more interested in the lights!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Geoffrey does Elementary dressage
After a few months of llamaism I was beginning to think the Championship Show in April might be a little bit beyond our capabilities. But with hard work (blood, sweat and tears) and a good back person, we've turned the metaphorical corner.
This is the most relaxed Geoffrey has ever been in a competition environment! And for the first time I started the test grinning from ear to ear and ended it still grinning from ear to ear.
Two objectives: to do rein back and not to come last. Both achieved!
Roll on April.
This is the most relaxed Geoffrey has ever been in a competition environment! And for the first time I started the test grinning from ear to ear and ended it still grinning from ear to ear.
Two objectives: to do rein back and not to come last. Both achieved!
Roll on April.
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