BTB: Riley does test 3 and test 4 at BCHP

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Riley does test 3 and test 4 at BCHP Posted: 04 Aug 2010 01:01 PM PDT Yesterday Riley did T3 and T4 at  the Bucks County Horse Park Tuesday evening dressage show. We went as part of a group, with some other of my trainer's clients, so it was a "hunter style" show, hanging out at the show grounds while the other clients rode. It was a pleasant day but buggy, and the weather was a little unpredictable.  Riley was more "up" and distracted than he had been the previous Saturday. Pictured right you'll see he was crabby during the warmup (see video if interested in the whole sequence of misbehavior).There may have been a gigantic fly on him somewhere, we don't know. He's never been so naughty under saddle. Getting down to business The mini-tantrum ended quickly, and in the rest of the warmup and in the actual tests he did very well. Although he seems a little tense at times,  it was a pretty respectable first "away from home" dressage show. There was "buzz" that this judge (an "L" judge) was a tough critic, and I have to admit I was a little taken aback by the Ri's scores -- he was in the fifties for both tests. We left before we had placings -- it'll be interesting to see where we stood relative to other horses under the same judge.  Training 3 Training 4

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