So Lucas will be in Halter Geldings, Western Showmanship, English Showmanship, Hunter under saddle and a hunter under saddle stake. This is the same show that was our first show together last year.
Onto tonight's work, our showmanship practice:
OK crappy picture but it will explain the pattern that we did tonight!
Start at A, walk half way to B then trot.
Turn at B and continue to C.
Halt and set up for inspection.
Back up 4 steps. 275 degree turn.
Trot away in a loop toward B. At B walk, continuing past A to finish pattern.
Things didn't go so badly, on our right turn at the trot Lucas was almost in my way I'm pulling his head into my body too much. I need to keep my hands apart and away from my belly button. Things went well and this was our first time putting together a showmanship pattern like we will see this summer and it flowed fairly well (we've been doing the components, but not putting them all together.)
2 comments:
I don't know much about showmanship competitions, so your posts have been educational for me. I know that the horses have to be impeccably groomed and there has to be a real communication between the person on the ground and the horse so that the pattern is done perfectly. What, in your opinion, is the hardest part of Showmanship?
The actual showing part! I hold my breath though the entire pattern, so Im always gasping for air at the end of it.
Its like any patern or course, (like jumping) its knowing how to do the movements, or how to jump oxers and verticals, but putting together the pattern or a whole corse of 8 jumps can be dificult, even if you can do each thing fine on there own.
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