Team East/West Young Riders: 5th place (pretty pink ribbon)
Team B.C. Juniors: Gold Medal!!!!!!! Congrats Sylvie, Esmee, and Monica!
Team Ontario Young Riders: Silver
Team Ontario Juniors: 4th place
Today was the day of the Team test and I rode at 1:04pm, the 31st rider in out of 36. It was super hot so we only had about a twenty minute warm-up and as soon as we got back to the barn the saddle came flying off and my great papa alternated between walking and cold hosing Oslo down. Oslo felt great in the warm-up but unfortunately got a bit tense when we started our once around the show ring. He got a bit away from me and consequently our first centre line included extra canter out of the halt. I felt he was not completely on my half halt so I rode the first medium trot very conservative. But, everything came together a bit more in the lateral work and Oslo's hottness added some extra cadence in the trot half passes (still only got 7s on them, which surprised a lot of people, but we will try for even better tomorrow!). The rest of the test was quite good and even his walk was very good for him. As Albrecht said, "that was the best walk I have ever seen him do!" So it was a relief to still have a walk even with the tense we had in the ring. Thank you Oslo! We did have one minor bobble in our three tempis. The first change Oslo took over a bit and for some reason changed behind slightly early. Totally caught me off guard and I couldn't answer Albrecht when he asked "what happened in the threes?" My best coach ever/mother though suggested he just got a bit away from my seat and behind my leg, causing the late change. The extra tension just makes the ride a bit more tricky, especially to keep him supple and in front of the leg. On the other hand, the extra hottness made for some awesome stuff and our final score was a 66.100% putting us in SIXTH place overall!
Santana had a pretty good ride this morning and ended with a score around 63%. Erika had the trouble of dealing with a tired horse and unfortunately only ended up with about a 61%, but she is planning for a ten minute warm-up tomorrow to try and conserve her mare's energy!
All the juniors from B.C. had terrific rides, definitively earning them the Gold Medal. Awesome job girls! It looks as if Esmee and Monica are both in the running for individual medals as well.
Tomorrow morning the Young Riders ride the Individual test, starting at 7:00 am. I am the tenth rider from the end, making my riding time 11:26 am. They go in reverse order of the placings in the team test, except that they group everyone in groups of five and then draw those randomly. So since I was sixth, I was put in the second last group of five and then I was drawn to be the first rider of that five, making me the tenth last rider to go. Hopefully it will not be as hot then, but I have a feeling it will still be a little too warm.
It has been a long, hot day so I am going to bed for some much needed sleep. The young riders website is very fast at uploading scores, so if you are interested, check them out tomorrow morning at http://www.youngriders.org/.
Thats all for now and I hope to be able to report back tomorrow with some good news about the individual test!
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