Classico Z had his first event of the season today. He was VERY excited to get back to competing and His ears were pricked almost the entire time. Dressage went well. Stinky got confused about when to do a medium trot and when to canter but his medium trot and canter were beautiful. The test was a lot better than Flora Lea and it is obvious that Classico Z is much stronger than he was in the fall. It was very cool to watch him develop his medium gates in FL. He went from being able to hold it for 3 steps to flicking his toes all the way around the ring in just over two months! Danny Warrington and Classico Z get along really well. Danny understands that he is still just coming 5 and so he would take him on hacks and long trot in addition to doing ring work. I think this is why his attitude is so great when it comes to competing.
Show jumping was so much fun to watch and there is a video on my youtube account gopony010.
He went clear and had a lot of room to spare. I am very excited to see him move up to prelim this year. Maybe the jumps will fit his jumping effort (he clears training level by at least a foot).
Cross country was fantastic as well. Some funny footing caused him to have a run out but Danny said that it was not his fault. He was super brave into his first double bank down, maybe a little too brave! He finished the course full of run and after the short walk to his barn had caught his breath. He is well conditioned and ready for 2010!
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