Ok, so here's the pattern with the super pivot! This is the pattern for which you needed to PRACTICE your pivots for! So let's break this down...shall we?
- Be ready at cone 1, YOU should be waiting on the judge, NOT the other way around.
- Walk briskly and pick up your trot 1/2 way to cone 2...I noticed many exhibitors picked up the trot almost 3/4's of the way there...this presented the problem of not having an even pace for their stop beyond cone 2.
- About 1/2 the exhibitors landed their hip on the judge (I was able to stand in alignment with the judge, so I was really able to look through the horse's ears to see the judges hat)
- Do not over or under pivot if you are right on with the judge...make sure you look up (or at least glance) as you are closing your pivot, so many overpivoted.
- Look up, have a pleasant look to the judge and trot off...stopping with 1 1/2 arms length away from the judge.
- Set up (be very careful setting up, set up crooked and so will you back...crooked), wait for inspection and dismissal.
- Back and perform your 630 (TIP: having troubling figuring out how much to turn... subtract 360 from 630 = 270...so that's 1 3/4's spin). Make sure, since your horse just backed, that you've got a little forward momentum and that it's NOT dropping it's shoulder. Keeping an even circle and even pace will help. Do NOT overspin.
- Trot briskly away.
Ok, so here's the pattern with the super pivot! This is the pattern for which you needed to PRACTICE your pivots for! So let's break this down...shall we?
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