[~*GOJUMP*~]

Go Emilyyy and Bodieee!!!!

Hope you kick some booty. But most importantly, that you and Bodie stay safe!

Lets see... I don't have any tips, becasue I don't do XC, but..... the one thing I do know to tell you- stay on!!!


Oh, and you most deffinatly need to post pictures, okaaay!??!?!?

Good luck!!!!!

[I Love BODIE!]

Originally Posted by ~*GOJUMP*~

Go Emilyyy and Bodieee!!!!

Hope you kick some booty. But most importantly, that you and Bodie stay safe!

Lets see... I don't have any tips, becasue I don't do XC, but..... the one thing I do know to tell you- stay on!!!


Oh, and you most deffinatly need to post pictures, okaaay!??!?!?

Good luck!!!!!

That's definitely one of my goals for this weekend! Thanks GoJump!

[idlewild]

Originally Posted by I Love BODIE!

Great, thanks again Emily! (The whole Emily thing gets pretty confusing after a while ).

Also, what counts as a refusal/runout? I was reading the handbook, and it was pretty confusing

Haha! I'm actually kinda used to it, at my old church there were FOUR of us!! Imagine that! lol

Ok, refusal. If the horse stops all forward motion and takes even a half step backwards then it's a refusal. The backwards step/motion is what signifies a refusal. If your horse slams on the brakes but then leaps over the jump a second later WITHOUT taking a backward step, it should still count for a jump. A hesitation at a jump should not be classified as a refusal. The first time I did XC buddy came screeching to a halt when he saw the water, but I was quick with my aids and he immediately lept into the water, because he never took backwards steps but kept his forward momentum we weren't charged with a refusal.

A runout is well... a runout lol. The horse sees the jump, the horse approaches the jump, but at the last second the horse darts out and doesn't take the jump. Now, know that a runout can happen ANYTIME after you have presented the jump to your horse. Say you are five strides out, your horse sees the jump and knows it is there, but you don't feel good about it so you pull him up and circle. That would very likely be considered a runout and thus penalized. But, if you circle before your horse sees the jump, and before you start setting him up for the jump, then you will most likely be ok. Does that make sense?

Essentially, the dividing line of what is and isn't a runout/refusal is in the hands of the jump judge at that particular fence. If they rule that it is a refusal or runout but you think it isn't, then you can protest the ruling to the TD and you might be able to get it overturned.

Hope that all makes sense!!

[I Love BODIE!]

^ That clears things up a lot, thanks so much Emily! See, I've never had another Emily in my grade/class/whatever, so this is pretty amusing for me

[idlewild]

Hehe.... we can be Em&Em... you know... like M&M LOL!!

[I Love BODIE!]

Lmao! Sure

[I Love BODIE!]

Alright everyone, I'm leaving in about an hour, so adios, au revior,
auf wiedershen (sp?), and good bye! Wish me luck!
The next time I'll post will be after my dressage test
(which I hope will go well! ). Talk to you guys later!

[idlewild]

Gooood Luck!!!

[I Love BODIE!]

So dressage is over. I'm actually kind of glad It went pretty well, but I was quite nervous and so Bodie got a little quick (so weird for him!). We ended up with a 41.5, the best score that Bodie's ever gotten at an event! It could have been a 39.5, but I totally forgot to salute I was happy with that score for my first event, but I know we can always improve. Right now, I'm in 10th place out of 15 riders (which I'm also happy with because the other events that Bodie did, he was always dead last after dressage). Tomorrow's stadium, and I'm riding really early. I'll update tomorrow evening

[Custom Made]

yay! that's great..definitely not bad for your first event!!! don't you just love forgetting things because you're too nervous and then you feel stupid or just...embarassed cause it was something so simple?! oh the joy of show nerves!! anyways-sounds like you're doing great and im sure sj will be wonderful tomorrow!!! good luck and i can't wait to hear results!!