Horseriding Grading 2009
The Polo Club (the local sports club near our condo) held an annual Grading today, and I was in the level C3 test. I was surprised to be 4th place, I thought I’d be around the bottom 10! The 4th place rosette was green, and I put a photo of the team testing for C3 on my PhotoBlog, so you can see me in the middle with the green rosette. The routine was pretty basic, though I had to remember it! Luckily, I didn’t forget it, like the girl that started cantering before she even changed rein from M to K. The routine went like this: Rising trot until judge rings bell; Come down the center line A and stop at X; Halt and salute when judge stands up on X (center line); Proceed sitting trot at C; Circle 20 m. at B,E,B; Half circles at B,A,B and B,C,B; Walk long rein at B; Take up reins and proceed working trot at A; Change rein at F sitting trot; Canter beyond C and M; Sitting trot at K; Change rein at F to H sitting trot; Canter at C and H; Sitting trot at F; Come down center line at A; Halt at G; Salute judge; Lead horse out of riding arena 3 on long rein. Long, huh? I rode Tawan, who I thought would be hard, but my teacher gave me an easy horse, that had been ridden by another girl, which would make it safe for me. Also, Tawan was extra kind today, and he obeyed my orders effectively. Last Grading Session, I came second place on Sangjan, the chestnut-palomino. But that level was easy, and Sangjan was too easy! Sangjan’s nice, but I have found the nice side of Tawan today!
For some strange reason, I always seem to type in some shade of purple. I don’t know why!
Okay, now about Twitter. If you haven’t got it yet, you really should! Here are a few things that I use as "plugins" for Twitter, and I think regular Tweeters would like!
- HootSuite - If you have multiple Twitter accounts, or want an easy way to update, this would be a must! It gives you an easy Button called a "HootLet" that allows you to drag onto your toolbar and click anytime for a quick tweet. It even lets you set the time when it goes live on your tweets and lets you "shrink" a link on.
- TweetDeck - A docklet on your desktop!
- TwitterFox - A plugin for FireFox!
