This is a pattern my MIL did at a horse show today and then came home and showed me, so if this is your pattern, please email me and I'll be more than happy to credit you for this wonderful pattern!
Directions:
- Walk from cone 1 to between cone 2 and cone 3 and stop.
- Perform a 270 turn.
- Trot a serpentine around cones 2 and 4, to judge
- Stop at judge and set up for inspection.
- After inspection, back 6 steps, perform a 90 turn and walk away.
Findings:
- Stop with your horse's nose at cone 2.
- Depending on the space given between cones 2 and 3, you may have to start close to cone 1 to allow yourself enough room to perform your 270 without actually stepping on cone 3.
- The trot off is going to require an immediate inside turn (this is going to be a blind turn and will come up FAST!)
- Note: Make notice of how close cones 2 and 3 are to cone 4, do you need to make a super tight turn or is there a little breathing room? Also, if everything is close together, don't run over your judge (that would be bad)!
- Make sure your lines are straight at this point, there should be no widening of your arcs on either end (around cone 2 or 4).
- As you approach cone 4, make sure you are looking up and around for the judge. This way you know how to space that very important turn so that you are trotting straight for the judge!
- Stop 1 1/2 arms length away from judge.
- Back straight, find a place on the rail or fence and make sure that the dock of your horse's tail is in that zone for straight backing.
- Do a nice 90, do not over or under turn.
- Do not hesitate, walk away (chances are the judge is looking at the next person).
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