Well, the first large difference between an Event and a Hunter/Jumper show is the warm-up's. At an event the first time we enter the ring for show jumping or head out on the xc course is in actual competition. No opportunity for the horses to see the jumps before the event begins.
At this hunter/jumper show today they had warm-ups, where you could go and jump around in most of the rings. For a spooky horse like Dan it is quite useful, not that he will remember the jumps come Sat, but maybe it will help with the spooking a little. I didn't jump around in any of the jumper rings, just over the outside course which will be used for the hunter derby come saturday. Dan jumped great, not to much spooking, just need to work on a more hunter-like round.
Its been a while since i've been in the hunter ring, but i think i did an ok job pretending. A few minor adjustments for Saturday and as long as we don't get overly excited like we did today we should do ok i think. No coaching this weekend as Jeanne is at HITS for million dollar week, so Dan and I are going it alone.
Tomorrow we go in the jumper ring for 2 classes...goal....to leave all the rails up!
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