Thursday started out with Colleen's jog with Connor in front of a panel of veternarians, which went off without a hitch -- well, except for him being bitten by something right before the vets inspected him, which caused a little ruckus....
Dressage was the next day. It went pretty well for both of us; Colleen performed the new, harder test, receiving a 56, which is about in the middle. I had a really great test, which would have gotten an even better score than 35 if we had not received a 0 for his counter canter (which he broke out of, again...)
Cross country was surprisingly short - only about four and a half minutes, while most prelim courses run from 5-6 minutes. Colleen and Connor unfortunately had two run-outs at a corner, but otherwise had a great round! Teco attempted another one of his grabbing-the-bit-and-running things, only he foolishly attempted to run into the woods, so it didn't work out very well for him! Fortunately it was nowhere near a jump, so there were no penalties for a refusal - just a lot of time penalties for our very large circle.
Colleen and Connor jumped showjumping first on Sunday. Colleen rode Connor very well, so that he ended up only knocking one rail, unlike his usual two or three! I also had a rail, but it was due to a rather unbalanced turn.
All in all, although the weekend was not successful in terms of ribbons, both Colleen and I learned a lot! There's always something new to learn about your horses and how to ride them.
Christie
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