Pattern 30, Novice

Findings:

• Walk briskly from cone 1 to cone 2. Leave yourself enough room to pivot at cone 2 before you set up from cone 1.
• Stop with your hip in line with the judge and the cone (this is where my students had a hard time with, they needed to stop with their hip on that invisible line from the cone to the judge). Typically it was 3 steps when their body passed the judge to where hip placement was.
• Do not over or under spin and trot straight to judge.
• Back approximately 5 steps (one horse length).
• Walk to judge, leaving yourself enough to room for the pivot after inspection.
• Set up (under 3 seconds), perform inspection, upon dismissal, perform 270.
• Glance at judge and trot straight away.