CDI Saugerties

Fizzy and I did our first CDI ever this weekend. On Friday, we were 6th in the Grand Prix with a 63.33%. He was a good boy, but obviously a bit tired and just not up to his usual standard. The self-carriage throughout wasn't really there, so what is usually a 7 or 8 was just a 6 or 7. :-) Still, the winner (Lars Petersen) had a 64%, so we were all very close score wise.
Grand Prix Results:

1st- Lars Petersen- 64%+
2nd- Jane Hannigan- 64%+
3rd- Courtney King- 64%
4th- Bethany Peslar- 63%+
5th- Katherine Bateson- 63%+
6th- Elisabeth Austin- 63.3%


On Saturday, Fizzy was phenomenal in the Freestyle. He was really hot and "up" from the start, but 100% listening to me. Honestly, our Freestyle was the most fun test I've ever ridden. He could not have been more on, and the music fit really well. For the one tempi changes, I'm supposed to make 9 ones on a short diagonal, hold the same lead for the turn, and then 9 more ones. When I came to the ones, I knew I could take some more risk because the ride had gone so well up to that point, so, instead of stopping the ones, I just continued them right around the "turn" from one short diagonal to the next. :-) Fizzy was wonderful.

The end of our ride is an 8m figure eight in passage, right into piaffe, into halt. His piaffe was so rhythmic and on the spot, I couldn't help but smile at how far we've come.

We ended up winning with a 71.5%, with a 75% from Axel Steiner.
Grand Prix Freestyle Results:

1st- Elisabeth Austin- 71.5%
2nd- Lars Petersen- 70%+
3rd- Katherine Bateson- 70%+
4th- Cesar Parra- 68%+
5th- Susie Dutta- 65%+
6th- Jennifer Baumert