So this weekend is Geof and My first real novice. We ha one last week and I froze up and locked my arms and we got eliminated in stadium :-/ my coach believes in us and hopefully I've fixed the problem (we'll see, I'm going to lessons right now...). I've schooled this xc course's training level so I feel fine going into it but it's stadium that's making me nervous! I just needed somewhere to vent..: thanks guys Posted via Mobile Device
If I didn't ride Nelson in a MONTH before this last HT, and we STILL TOOK 1st - then, you can do it!
GIT ER DONE!
Did you see my Stadium Round video? Come on! I was so stiff, I was so tense and nervouse...because I hate stadium and I haven't jumped Boo in a month *I revert back to my old fears and bad habits if I don't do it regularily*.....and still manage to GIT ER DONE....then so can you!
You're starting to sound like me......lol....but hey...remember my Catch Phrase ------------------------->
STOP IN THE NAME OF SEXY, STADIUM JUMPING IS FUN!!!!!!!!!
If I have these fears of stadium, and if I can get through it *because I have an amazing horse* then so can you!!!!!
You'll do wonderfully I'm sure!
Holly Hill, first of all, is my freaking favorite event ever! It's a whole lot of fun, and the novice stadium isn't that bad. If you want I can show you a video to my novice stadium there and you can see for yourself! Just remember, look up, don't stare at the jumps and psyche yourself out! It might help you from locking your arms up if you just grab a tiny bit of mane and let your arms move with the movement of the horse's neck.
You'll be fine! You guys are a good team, and have someone backing you up all the way with your coach. If s/he didnt think you could do it, then s/he wouldnt have let you take this next step. Give it all you got and if you can, improve how and what you did next time. Thats what the lessons are for!
D'awww y'all make me feel so loved we had an ok lesson. We had some stops and issues to work through, but we ended on a good note. I scrunch before jumps, and that's my main issue. STADIUM JUMPING IS EASY! STADIUM JUMPING IS EASY!!!!!!!!!!! Strench up, following hands, don't scrunch. Bam, clear round. Positive positive!!!!! And don't slam in his back. I think the show adrenalin will help too,.. And Maybe a five hour energy lol I'll keep you guys posted on everything afte I walk tomorrow!!!!
Strange - that would be great! Posted via Mobile Device
They mispronounce my last name like 4 times. It's really not that hard to say! Severson! Geez. :P Definitely keep us updated on how everything goes! I can't wait to hear about how awesome you do! Also, if I can get 1st place at Holly Hill my (and Willie's) first time EVER BEING THERE you can totally do it too!
You're very welcome! The jump after the apple one had a bunch of caution tape all over it, so they might do that again, otherwise none of them were scary or anything. I think Willie wanted to stop at the apple jump and see if it was good enough to eat, actually. And I apologize in advance, you can hear my mom talking and whenever I come by you can hear me, lol. Near the beginning, I guess the second jump, Willie rubs it and she goes "Don't you dare knock down a pole!"
What time does your SJ start, Stormy? You should totally have a friend/mom hold your cell phone so you can give an update right after you finish, haha.
1:30 Strange My FB status will be updated like... the second after if we don't get eliminated, which we wont surprisingly, I'm not that nervous anymore. I'm ready to just DO IT. I need to think about it as, if i SJ clear, I get to ride my XC, and that's what we love
Ok, so I walked both courses today and they both look great!!!! I'm super excited!!!! have to be up at like.... 5:50 tomorrow :p bed time!!!! Love all of you! Thanks so much for the sweet kind words! Posted via Mobile Device
When you get on, think about your favorite competitive rider. When you warm up, BECOME that person. Pretend you are that person and ride every jump/line/obstacle as that person would ride it. YOU ARE that person.....get it?
This type of visualization can be extremely helpful.
Dressage went AWESOME! we had a spook because a horse got loose and was galloping past. I don't think it will e an issue and we won't be counted off because the judge had us wait. Now for stadium in an hour!!! Woooo! Posted via Mobile Device
Eliminated stop at the 4th (spooky jump) stop at the sixth and stop at the seventh I'll give a fuller detailed report of it all when I get to the hotel's computer Posted via Mobile Device
Ok, so dressage was GREAT! We got a 30!!!!!!!!!!! Every individual score in the test was a seven. Every. Single. One. Even the little bottom ones for position and suppleness. We were in third (there was a tie for first) but there's a great story behind my test lol. Ok so we're doing Novice test B, where you do a trot circle at A and then canter between A and K for your right lead and do your canter circle between B and E. So I'm aproching B, right? Out of the corner of my eye I see this horse, coming towards us. This horse's rider fell off, the girth snapped, and the saddle flew into the fence RIGHT by our ring! (There's four rings inside a padock). Luckily the judge told me to stop in the middle of the test and stand or walk until they caught the horse (I asked if I could speak to Geof, etc. to calm him down because he spooked pretty bad) and then we just picked my test back up after that, lol. She let me pick up from the canter departure. So yeah... quite interesting.
Ok, so Stadium. We had a pretty bad warm up, went into the ring, he was backing off the first jump, so I reached back and cropped him at the last stride, lost my right rein over the jump, so I'm aproching the second (it was like a six stride related distance) without a right rein and he jumped that one fine (he got a HUGE good boy lol!) and we jump the third fine, get a stop at the fourth (it was a spooky sign jump) and then I got him over it, the fifth was a square oxer (probs maxed) and I sorta caught him in the mouth on the backside, he stoped at the sixth, got him over, it was three stride to the seventh and he just stoped there, so we were eliminated and that's my novel.
Awww crappers. Great job on your dressage though! That's big! The best I got this season was a 34% - so 30% is exceptional!
You rode Stadium before CC? Do you have videos? I'd like to see them if you do!
So what do you think happened during stadium to of ended up with the result you got?
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