Our First Dressage Test...

Back in the beginning of the month, myself and Legacy competed in our first dressage competition together and her first overall. As she's been going through retraining over the spring and summer it was her first 'test' as to either she'd calmed down in the arena, around other horses and would listen to me in a different situation. Even days before the show we had times where she was feeling good in herself when she entered the arena and the only thing I could get out of her was a fast canter around the arena when she felt like it. 

So when it came to warm up time on the day and she had to share the arena with a youngster to again had never seen this different setting and had only been in an arena a handful of times I thought I was doomed, holding on for dear life was my only thought. But to much surprise she behaved impeccably from start to finish. Now she isn't even one to stand still while grooming her, it has to be done while she's having her food or eating her hay and depending on the type of hay this isn't enough. She's trying to walk off and see what's happening, many of times I've had to tack her up in circles. This day she stood to be plaited up all her mane and her tale, have a good groom and then be tacked up. (I've must've made a good choice with the hay haha.) 

She was well behaved throughout the test if anything she needed a little more energy throughout it. 

Below I have added in the test score sheet including comments from the judge.