The Governor General's Cup is an in-hand class for three year old horses bred in Canada for the original three Olympic disciplines of jumping, dressage and eventing. The Lieutenant Governor General's Cup class is an under saddle class for three year old horses bred in Canada for the original three Olympic disciplines of jumping, dressage and eventing. This class is run as a typical hunter under saddle class with the basic walk, trot and canter in each direction. Since today was our last ride at home before the Qualifiers I ran through a mock class with Rory at the end.
We started in walk and did some serpentines and big trot circles. He looked out the back door but didn't try to go out today. I asked him to stretch for the contact and lift his back - it was a bit hit and miss. When Rory was listening well I rode large around the arena and practiced for the cup qualifier. Rory had a little trouble with his right lead canter and took a few tries to get it. He did canter around a couple of times without stopping which is something we haven't done often. We again walked round the grass field to cool off.
One of the other boarders at the farm has a Clydesdale mare that he drives. He brought over his sleigh this week and threw a tarp over it last night. Rory was a bit snorty about the tarp covered sleigh and I let him have a good look at it as we headed out to the arena. As usual it didn't take him long to decide it was okay and he started pushing the tarp off the sleigh bed to see what was underneath.
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