tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post3905292668922823583..comments2012-01-24T19:22:45.538-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: I dreamed I crashed through the judge's standStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-34504630796942972692012-01-24T16:36:03.040-05:002012-01-24T16:36:03.040-05:00My friends Morgan Stallion did that, but he was ve...My friends Morgan Stallion did that, but he was very smooth about it. It was a liberty presentation and you can see him eyeing the platform the judges were on, then he made his move and stepped up onto the platform, extended trot behind the judges and announcer and out the other side!Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188017076361505661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-15385108652226163992012-01-24T01:05:05.065-05:002012-01-24T01:05:05.065-05:00I'm not at all surprised that happened. Not ex...I'm not at all surprised that happened. Not exactly the most secure set up for a horse being chased around like that. <br /><br />Horse and I jumped right out of the arena one time in, of all things an FEI test. I just lost him on a counter canter and at the corner, out we went. <br /><br />Had a judge nearly leap out of her seat one time, when I can down the long side in an extended canter Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-61264531693341752472012-01-23T21:11:15.113-05:002012-01-23T21:11:15.113-05:00I'm wondering if the announcer was one of the ...I'm wondering if the announcer was one of the four folks sitting at the table where the pony came to "visit."<br /><br />These people who think ponies aren't very talented or clever have things to learn, don't they?TBDancerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03889066602819359591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-36818367371279675292012-01-23T17:35:35.302-05:002012-01-23T17:35:35.302-05:00Well, he left the table standing anyway!Well, he left the table standing anyway!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-21836784462336596502012-01-23T15:21:56.796-05:002012-01-23T15:21:56.796-05:00My thought is that set-up just begged the question...My thought is that set-up just begged the question: When is a LOOSE, slightly jazzed, hyper pony going to forget all about the existence of that outcropping with the too-low barrier and the people inside??<br /><br />This is a German video ... they ought to know more about horse behavior than that! If it had occurred in some remote island in Micronesia ... I might understand better. Good thing itFriesianwelshxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11559821379568055421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-49891581830834209042012-01-23T14:23:45.420-05:002012-01-23T14:23:45.420-05:00lol wonder what the score was...lol wonder what the score was...DancingHorseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00038462663750441403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-30384929699489775032012-01-23T13:33:26.790-05:002012-01-23T13:33:26.790-05:00Oh goodness, I laughed, even though I shouldn'...Oh goodness, I laughed, even though I shouldn't have. I'm sure that pony's owners were so worried he'd hurt himself! <br /><br />I do have to wonder what sort of scores you get for that kind of performance, though...jenjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-91648978658796489122012-01-23T13:30:03.482-05:002012-01-23T13:30:03.482-05:00How embarrassing for the owner, I love the horse&#...How embarrassing for the owner, I love the horse's mane though! Reading the other comments made me chuckle too! In my first dressage I could only just get him into the arena then he just spooked at all the white boards and letters all the way round!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13595833485081969708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-24425490349197391712012-01-23T13:15:54.824-05:002012-01-23T13:15:54.824-05:00Oh I've lived something rather similar - I was...Oh I've lived something rather similar - I was doing a schooling show on cob who was pretty adamant that he wanted to be a show jumper, not a dressage horse. As I was coming around to enter at A, I literally felt him just "click" and he totally checked out. We managed okay through the first few movements but as soon as we went to canter, it was all over. He ended up jumping the Ericahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09963313242082202970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-9567191129417309872012-01-23T12:51:29.633-05:002012-01-23T12:51:29.633-05:00I think that pony wants to be a jumper!
My first ...I think that pony wants to be a jumper!<br /><br />My first dressage test with my current horse, we rode the test, trotted down the centre line to finish --- half halted to prepare for halt at G --- half halted ---- gulp---HALF HALTED--- SH******T HALF HALTED REALLY HARD and finally ground to a halt nose to nose with the judge who was thankfully sitting on the other side of the kicking boards in Martinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14496995504975297110noreply@blogger.com