Attended my first ever Arabian State Championships this year with Sileby Kruzsader. It was a last minute decision leaving me with 2 weeks to get him ready. I decided to enter the working stockhorse class, this meant we had a lot of work to do in that two weeks, learning flying changes, refining our rollbacks and learning ground tie. I purchased my first ever stockwhip which I had to learn to crack and had to teach Kruz to accept. It was quite a big ask but by the end of the 2 weeks I was feeling confident we could complete the routine without looking too silly.
We entered the Stallion 4-6yo class inhand where he placed first finalist = 3rd place.
Ridden stallion where we placed reserve champion.
Working Stockhorse with a solid routine we placed Champion
and Australian Pleasure where we placed First Finalist = 3rd.
I was quite pleased with our results. 2 weeks of hard work paid off. This was his second ever ridden show outing and including our two endurance training rides his 4th ever ridden outing. Despite a very excitable start under saddle, he settled into a lovely listening mount for the rest of the afternoon.
