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Trail Brokenness/Manners/Quality of Movement • He was more pleasing to his obstacle
approach and departure and was more responsive to the rider’s cues, which helped him accumulate more pattern points. • Approached the obstacles in a more relaxed and willing manner • Waited more for his riders commands • Expressed more talent • More easily guided • Maintained more interest in each task • Loped over poles in a smoother more relaxed fashion • Had a more balanced stride • Showed more agility • Exhibited more extension of stride when jogging the poles
• More broke and preforms the pattern to a higher degree of difficulty. He works on a longer drape of rein and maintains a more consistent frame that is leveler from poll to withers to croup. He combines this with more agility though the obstacles being truer in his hoof placement in the jog overs and backing quicker through the L. • Higher quality mover, loping the poles with more style • Showed a higher degree of coordination • More pleasing to the obstacle approach and departure • More responsive to rider’s cues • Effective at each obstacle
Quality of Pattern/Obstacle Negotiation • Essentially more correct • Accumulated less penalties
• Lowered his head, showing greater interest • Was more effectively positioned by the rider
• Accumulated more obstacle points • Accumulated more maneuver points • Maintained a more pleasing frame and was looser reined during the back • Was quicker turning in the box • Stepped across the bridge with more interest and confidence • More cadenced jogging through the serpentine • Worked the course in less time • Showed more curiosity and interest when crossing the bridge • Accepted positioning more willingly when working the gate
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