Horseback Riding Competition (2)

Day 2

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Hari ini juga deg2an sih, tapi nggak begitu nervous. Hawa dan semangat bertandingnya juga kurang begitu dapet. Mungkin karena tenaganya udah terkuras kemaren. Okay, today I'll join dressage elementary open and show jumping 50-70 clear round + jump off

This is my first time join elementary class ;) it's quite difficult because there's a part that the horse must do contra canter twice. The 1st canter's going well, but at the 2nd canter, the horse changed her canter into a normal canter xD hohoho. Even though there's an accident (wrong canter), Alhamdulillah, I still got the 1st place ^^ Oh thanks God :D

Berbeda dengan hari pertama, di hari kedua ini jumpingku lebih mulus dan kudanya nggak nolak lagi. But......... at the (I forget what's the pole order number) pole, I pulled the right rein not strong enough so the horse's going a little bit to the left but I was preparing to go straight to the next pole. So, I was thrown forward! Then I immediately embrace the horse's neck. The horse still running! I grasp and pull the rein to stop the horse but I loss my balance so that I fell down. My coach and my father soon came to me. They ask me how's my condition? I told them that I'm okay, I didn't realize that my thigh was bruised  xD then I rode my horse again. After riding for a while then I realize that my thigh and my bottom was bruised. I asked to come down from the horse and then my mother massage my leg. I feel much better then :)

Jaa, that's all my experience ^^

I still have to practice more, especially in the jumping

(L to R) Ara [me], Mr. Rahmad [the judge], Elan

Sam and I

Horseback Riding Competition (1)

Day 1

Sat, May 26, 2012

This morning I felt nervous coz I'll compete at Arrowhead Training Competition.

Today, My best partner, Owen (horse), and I will join dressage preliminary class and show jumping 50-70 accumulator. This is my third times join dressage competition and my first time join jumping competition :O

Btw, Oyen and Rya (my best friend) came to Arrowhead Horse Riding School to support me. I'll do my best!

First, I did dressage test well. I got the 1st place! How glad I'm :D

After rested for a while, I joined the show jumping competition. 1st pole, nice! 2nd pole, nice! 3rd pole, good! 4th pole, Ok! 5th pole, great! 6th pole..... O'o.. OMG, the horse didn't want to jump at the 6th pole! I tried again, she still didn't want to jump :o My coach give some instructions but I didn't hear it. May be because I was so nervous and too focus with the pole. Then I tried again, this is my last chance to jump or I'll be eliminated. I prayed and said basmalah... and then............ and then............... Owen still didn't want to jump -______- I was eliminated. 

My coach said, "Kamu udah bagus banget naiknya, santai, rapi, tapi jangan anggap jumping kayak dressage! Kamu tadi kurang punya greget! Mau ada sinar mantul atau apa kek pokoknya no excuse, kudanya harus jump sesuai perintahmu!" <-- guruku emang agak galak dan tegas, but actually he is nice and funny

Elan's coach said, "Kudanya tadi takut ra. Palangnya itu baru dicat, jadi kempling. Mataharinya pas mantul ke situ, jadi kudanya takut tiba2 silau gitu..."

Although I was eliminated but I was not lament becoz I have an amazing experience and I'll learned from my failure ;)

Intinya, This is an amazing day :D

See ya!

The Champion
(from L to R) Elan, Flo, Val, Marry, Me

Laurent and I pose with a horse

Elan did his work trot test right on the foot of the Merbabu Mountain

(From L to R) Rya, Me, Oyen

When I learned the jumping course design with Mr. Hasan

Royal \(^o^)/

hari ini, aku jumping 70-90 cm sama royal :D enak banget

nggak terasa, aku udah bisa jumping hampir 1 meter hari ini, fantastic! canternya royal halus banget, tapi dia kadang suka bucking kalo kita nggak teges ngendaliinnya

awalnya aku takut mau jumping, tapi setelah merasakannya, ternyata tidak semenakutkan yang kukira

ternyata, jumping lebih mudah daripada dressage

sesudah jumping, kita harus merilekskan otot-otot kuda, aku diijinkan guruku untuk berkeliling lapangan besar yang dipenuhi rerumputan. sambil ditemani Om David, aku melewati jalan-jalan yang cukup menantang

kami juga melewati sebuah jurang kecil dan kebun singkong, di kebun singkong, ada salah satu batangnya yang bergerak-gerak terus, sepertinya itu ular -.-

yaah, intinya berkuda hari ini seru sekali :D

thank you Mr. Andre for teaching me jumping and dressage

Ara with royal ^u^