Typically, if you’ve been out competing and your dressage take a look at hasn’t gone fairly as deliberate, there are some feedback from the judges that you just should snort at.
Here’s a collection of our favourites we’ve seen written within the feedback part on dressage sheets over time.
1. “Proficient horse with an opinion!”
2. “Flying modifications not required at this stage.”
3. “Horse could also be higher suited to a unique sport.”
4. “Missing exercise behind”, shortly adopted by a big buck and the remark, “Jolly to canter!”
5. “Head dangerously excessive.”
6. “Disgrace he was a bit saucy as we speak!” — when the horse had spent the entire take a look at trying like a giraffe and shouting his head off to his buddy…
7. A remark about what a stunning younger horse and the way she’d be nice as she obtained extra skilled. She was 18 – the decide didn‘t realise she was blue roan, not a gray who was going to get lighter…
8. “Your horse seemed like he would moderately have had a showjump within the enviornment.”
9. “I’m glad he didn’t repeat what he did within the warm-up” — the rider was first in after a break and simply earlier than they went in obtained bucked off, which the decide had clearly seen.
10. “ *Stargazing* ” written within the feedback (concerning the horse, not the rider) after the mare threw a very unelegant strop in the midst of a take a look at and refused to deliver her head down.
11. “A vigorous take a look at, nice alternative of music nevertheless subsequent time we don’t must see the Moon Stroll” — freestyle to a medley of Michael Jackson music. Horse determined to rein again after remaining halt…
12. “Pretty horse, calm and keen. May use somewhat extra OOOMPH.”
13. “Good pony, has nice sparkle – even with out the bridle” — a few feisty mare that was carried out as much as the nines in bling.
14. “Was spooky tonight – moderately you than me!“ – a stunning colored warmblood who spent the entire novice take a look at in shoulder fore and in addition executed a shocking half cross (not required) when he caught glimpse of the fireplace exit signal…
15. “Good take a look at, however lose the chewing gum!”
16. “Oh you’ve obtained to like them!”
17. “Good little horse in a horrible hurry.”
18. “I’m positive a great take a look at is simply across the nook”
19. “Nicely rescued!”
20. “A really enthusiastic take a look at, I’m positive he’ll settle with age” — stated horse had simply turned 21.
21. “The rider ought to salute; not the horse!”
22. “Good plaits” — when that is written in your sheet, you possibly can make certain that every little thing else was horrendous.
And at last…
Heard from the decide’s mouth – however not written down: “That horse appears like a pig” as he snorted his manner across the enviornment.
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