One More Qualifying Score!!!!

We had a great weekend in Calgary. Oslo received a score of 68.4% on his PSG test on Friday. This is another qualifying score for us on our way to attending the Pan Am Selection Trials.

This means that we are going to be heading to Oregon July 22-24 in search of our last qualifying score. Oslo also had a good freestyle on Saturday, with one judge rewarding us extremely well for our music and choreography. He gave us 8s and 9s for the music and choreo, which combined with our good technical components, to result in a score of 78% from that judge!!!!! That test is going to be framed and put up on my wall. =)

Cashew had a great first show as well. She had a score of 68.9% in her first FEI 4 Year Old test. She had some submission issues, bucking into the canter, but overall the judges still loved her. Her second go resulted in a 71.8% in the FEI 4 Year Old and on the last day we did a Training level test just for fun. This test was outdoors and we hadn’t had her in that ring before. Therefore, the big purple flowers in front of the judge were just a little scary. So the first half of our test was a bit tense and she would question going past the judge. After a few passes though she settled into things and had a great test. She finished with a score of 69% and won her class. The judges really seem to like her – she is well put together and quite pretty! Thank you to Allison for all your help this weekend! Both Cashew and I were happy to have you there.

Skippy had a happy weekend, which means he also had a good weekend! He is so much more forward in his tests now! In his PSG class he finished 7th out of 23 which is very respectable. He continues to improve and he is always so much fun to take to shows. He has the greatest personality. He definitely did his fan club proud this weekend!

Next weekend Oslo and I are going to the Markus Gribbe clinic in Calgary. He is the Dressage Canada coach. I have never ridden with him before, but I am very excited to be instructed by Canada’s dressage coach. After that we will be training with mom and working on getting that PSG test amazing! We just need one more PSG score now. Our training will have an emphasis on suppleness and trying to get the cadence in the trot to be second nature for Oslo. If we can combine the cadence with the suppleness, we will be unstoppable!!!

Enjoy the summer weather (minus the bugs)!

Linds