Keeva Fox test riding clinic Merrist Wood 07-08-15

Points to remember:

• think shoulder-fore in canter down the centre line to make sure he is straight and don't let him fall onto left shoulder in the halt.
• let the 10m circle flow into the SI and then flow into the 1/2 10m circle into the HP - don't straighten up in between each move
• in the half before the rein back get him to step up with the RF to make the halt square, keep the poll up in the rein back
• in the walk piris need to collect the walk better and then keep the activity in the piri
• in the flying changes get him balanced round the corner then ride the changes forwards

Then we ran through AM92 which was my first time riding it in the long arena.  It went pretty well.  Got 7's for medium walk, left walk piri and extended canter. 5's for the two right to left changes as he jumped together behind.  Otherwise all 6 and 6.5.   Finished on 62.97%.  More fluency needed in the half passes.