The 15 minute walk over to the warm-up ring from the barn was less eventful than we anticipated. We kept his attention for the duration, even past his favourite pond. The warm-up itself was a bit sketchy and he was not being very rideable. His nerves were getting to him again and I am sure mine were not helping either. Usually I don't get very nervous for shows, but since he had been acting so strange lately I was definitely feeling worried. Once we got in the 10 minute ring (a ring you get all to yourself 10 minutes before you ride) he started to concentrate and trust me a little bit more. Also, by that time my amazing coaches, mommy and Albrecht, had me more relaxed and loose. The combination allowed for us to obtain a 63.474% putting us in 13th place out of 30 riders. In our test we had two major errors, a change of lead in our left pirouette and a break to canter at the beginning of our one trot extension, along with a lot of tension. Overall, considering our mistakes, tension, and the pouring rain during our test, I was happy with our score and RELIEVED that he didn't explode! I still didn't have quite enough leg on in certain parts of the test, hence the mistakes, but I know for a fact that it is a lot easier to say "keep your leg on" on a hot and nervous horse than it actually is!
The Canada East Young Rider Team came fourth overall with Jaimie Holland scoring the highest of the Canadians with a 65.3%.
Tomorrow Oslo will have the day off and we will cheer on our Canadian Junior riders - GO SYLVIE and MAGIC!!! Hopefully Oslo continues to get used to his surroundings. The Horse Park is such a beautiful facility, it is just unfortunate there is so much stuff going on - construction (preparing for WEG next year, golf carts zipping around everywhere, nearby Interstate, horses runnning around in paddocks etc.). Oslo is just not used to this busy environment, but we are working on it.
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