Tuesday, August 23, 2011

The New Era of Musical Rides - Otter Creek Farm

Last weekend I attended a horse show with Amedeus and Hazel.  Both horses were very good and did very well.  I was so proud of them both!

Otter Creek Farm was a great place to get out and show off their training.  The weather was fabulous and the hosts were welcoming.

I learned something this time about musical freestyle.  I previously thought that making a pleasant pretty ride showing off your horse's best attributes at each level was the way to go.  Don't get me wrong, I still think that.  But I have also come to learn that your score goes up when you increase the degree of difficulty. I guess I always kind of knew that but it seems even more important than ever.

The rules have changed in musical freestyle and you are now allowed to do some things above your level of freestyle.  This was clearly forbidden before.  This makes for an interesting change and a little confusion at first.  I am pretty sure I get it and am on board!

Have a great ride every ride!

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