Question # 62: I've been doing Training level, and doing well, and then last November we had a fall - my horse caught his leg in an oxer going for the long spot, and we tumbled.
I was fine, but he had a bone bruise from where the pole hit his stifle. We've both come back, and we did a Novice event this past Feburary, and finished on our dressage score. We're about to go to our next event, at Training, and I THINK we're ready....but how do you know for sure? There are times I feel like we are a fantastic team, and that we can do it with no problem...then there are times I wonder if I'm doing the right thing. HE seems ready. But how do you know for sure? (Becky)
Hi Becky!
From everything that I have seen of you and your horse, you are both definitely ready for Training level. I think you make a great team! Mistakes happen to everyone - at all levels. You have to recognize exactly what happened, learn from it, and then move on! When you say your horse "caught his leg in an oxer going for a long spot", that tells me that the mistake that you made was.....(Click on Question Title above (in blue) to read full answer)
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