Lord Stirling CDE
Well ???!!!! We know what we need to work on.
Tiki did a good dressage test with some very good moments. Need to work on rein back a little more. The lengthened trot was good, but I was very conservative in the forward aids for the lengthening to prevent a break to canter. She was very forward in the dressage arena.
Had one knock down in cones and made the time. Tiki was very good in transitions to canter and back to trot.
THE MARATHON
We made very good time on section A and section D with time to spare on both. Tiki has a great walk and did section D with ease
Oh Well The first hazard on the marathon was a very nice water hazard.
Tiki has water issues since we bought her. I have worked on this and she will trot into and canter into water at home. This was the first show where she encountered a water hazard. It was very slow going and Tiki was very apprehensive. We made it thru the water hazard, but not in a competitive amount of time.
When we got to the 4th hazard. This was a great hazard with corn cribs perched on large corrugated pipes. The turns were very tight. It walked well but it drove tight with no room for error. Tiki did an unexpected turn as we entered this hazard. I lost the right rein and that's the direction we needed to turn toward. When I got the rein back and turned her we were right up against the first corn crib with our wheel too close to the corrugated support. Jody, my navigator, did a great job of trying to free the carriage. We made it out but in the excitement of it all, I went thru the B gate in the wrong direction !!!!! The BIG E! E L I M I N A T I O N We fininshed sec E like we were on a Sunday drive
Gotta work on increasing speed in the hazards and increasing Tiki's confidence.
Lots of homework to do before Garden State CDE
Dibden Tikideeboo
"Tiki" is a New Forest pony. She spent a portion of her early years on the open range in the New Forest of England. The New Forest is a large area where ponies roam free. There are three towns in the New Forest and it is not unusual to see a few ponies walking the shopping areas and even walking into outdoor seating areas at pubs. There are grates on the roads when you enter the New Forest to contain the ponies.
We bought her from Liz Thomas at the age of 2 years. Liz had the pony for only a short time and Tiki was probably bought at aution, which they hold from time to time to thin out the herd.
She flew to New York and was quarantined for two weeks.
Larry Poulin broke Tiki to carriage driving in Florida at Black Prong and at his farm in Petersham, Massachusetts. Tiki was a good pony to break, but could occaisionally jump 15 feet in the air to the right or left without notice with the two wheel training carriage on her back. This resulted in some off road experiences thru brush and in trees. Larry bent an axle on a carriage.
As time went on Tiki started to really enjoy carriage driving and has done well at training level. She won Black Prong CDE 2007 training level. My wife, Jody broke Tiki to saddle. She was very easy to break to saddle, but wanted to be talked to because of her prior training to drive. When Jody gave her a leg aid, early in her saddle training, she would turn around and try to bite at her boot. I could imagine her saying to herself " Don't push on me like that... just say trot."
This year we are going up a level to preliminary. We are working on a better frame and the lengthened trot to become competitive at Dressage. Tiki has always done well at the other phases of the CDE e.g. Cones and Marathon.
This year we will be at Lord Sterling CDE, Garden State CDE and Elk Creek CDE. Tiki will also go to Waldingfield and CT Driving Trial
More pics and stories will follow.
We bought her from Liz Thomas at the age of 2 years. Liz had the pony for only a short time and Tiki was probably bought at aution, which they hold from time to time to thin out the herd.
She flew to New York and was quarantined for two weeks.
Larry Poulin broke Tiki to carriage driving in Florida at Black Prong and at his farm in Petersham, Massachusetts. Tiki was a good pony to break, but could occaisionally jump 15 feet in the air to the right or left without notice with the two wheel training carriage on her back. This resulted in some off road experiences thru brush and in trees. Larry bent an axle on a carriage.
As time went on Tiki started to really enjoy carriage driving and has done well at training level. She won Black Prong CDE 2007 training level. My wife, Jody broke Tiki to saddle. She was very easy to break to saddle, but wanted to be talked to because of her prior training to drive. When Jody gave her a leg aid, early in her saddle training, she would turn around and try to bite at her boot. I could imagine her saying to herself " Don't push on me like that... just say trot."
This year we are going up a level to preliminary. We are working on a better frame and the lengthened trot to become competitive at Dressage. Tiki has always done well at the other phases of the CDE e.g. Cones and Marathon.
This year we will be at Lord Sterling CDE, Garden State CDE and Elk Creek CDE. Tiki will also go to Waldingfield and CT Driving Trial
More pics and stories will follow.
Monday, May 12, 2008
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