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For those who are interested, I finally uploaded my Third Level Freestyle from the Ontario Championships last weekend.

It was a challenge to ride this, my third test of the day, without a whip (no whips allowed at Champs). I use the whip just to keep Jet’s hind leg active as his natural tendency is to get strung out. I usually train without a whip unless I need to pick one up, but at shows it does comes in handy just to have on hand — except at Champs!.

There were a couple of minor glitches, some “exuberance” in the first extended canter (down the long side), and my timing was off right at the start, but it was good for a score of 72% and change!

Most of all, JET ROCKS!!

https://youtu.be/IIQ_x3zj1kg

Very nice. Congratulations.

Jet is such a beefcake (in a good way ).

Susan

Well done! Nice changes

Nice job. You did the extra extended, so the extra large leap in the first one can kind of be ignored. I agree, the changes are good. You were late on the one to the right where you changed back to the left three strides later, but not really a big deal.

It doesn't look like you needed that whip.

Really nice!

thanks for sharing! Congrats

Thanks for sharing! And I just read your other post about his ligament
I've never tried to make a freestyle and not being particularly artistic or musical I have just avoided it, but now at PSG level I think I should start trying. So, it's good to see other AA's freestyles, not just the GP professionals.

Flight wrote:Thanks for sharing! And I just read your other post about his ligament
I've never tried to make a freestyle and not being particularly artistic or musical I have just avoided it, but now at PSG level I think I should start trying. So, it's good to see other AA's freestyles, not just the GP professionals.

I did all the music editing with a free app (“Hokusai 2”), did my own choreography, and my own tweaking of both. It’s possible!!

DJR wrote:

Flight wrote:Thanks for sharing! And I just read your other post about his ligament
I've never tried to make a freestyle and not being particularly artistic or musical I have just avoided it, but now at PSG level I think I should start trying. So, it's good to see other AA's freestyles, not just the GP professionals.

I did all the music editing with a free app (“Hokusai 2”), did my own choreography, and my own tweaking of both. It’s possible!!

I have been doing them like this for 30 years. I use audacity, which is free.

DJR wrote: I did all the music editing with a free app (“Hokusai 2”), did my own choreography, and my own tweaking of both. It’s possible!!

Thanks!! I'll look at what Hokusai 2 is and see how I go

Loved it! Great music:) So sorry for Jet's injury:(

such a handsome boy- sometimes I forget just how BIG he is! Hope he is on the mend soon. He has a lovely canter!

Ryeissa wrote:such a handsome boy- sometimes I forget just how BIG he is! Hope he is on the mend soon. He has a lovely canter!

Thank you. He has quite a fan club at the shows. People make a point of coming to watch his tests, which is pretty neat. And, invariably, they comment on his size, even those who have seen him before. He has a very big presence, both physically and emotionally/spiritually!

DJR wrote:

Ryeissa wrote:such a handsome boy- sometimes I forget just how BIG he is! Hope he is on the mend soon. He has a lovely canter!

Thank you. He has quite a fan club at the shows. People make a point of coming to watch his tests, which is pretty neat. And, invariably, they comment on his size, even those who have seen him before. He has a very big presence, both physically and emotionally/spiritually!

yeah! he's an impressive dude