I had entered Sophie in 3 classes - Colours, Standard and wildcard
first was colours: http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6817/coloursmapab7.jpgwe had chosen blue, the squared numbers on the map - the outside line on the left (tunnel tunnel) then down the middle. No trouble on the first tunnels but I called out "tire" instead of "jump" - shes never heard the cue tire, so refused there, but I was able to bring her back and over then over again, but there's the judge! woohoo- break off to say hello, but SHOCK I'm able to quickly call her back. I'm so surprised that she recalled to me that I forget my gameplan to front cross before jump 5 to block her from the tunnel.. and big surprise, the tunnel sucks her in. Managed to recall her again, and finished - with an NQ and 38 faults. BUT she's jumping clean at 16 inch and fast, and although she's still visiting, I'm able to call her off.
Next is Standard
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3862/standardmapej3.jpg
start off on soph's left, to put us in the middle of the pin wheel - quick visit with the ringcrew but moved on and finished the pinwheel and on to the tunnel... then YEEK there's a dogwalk. We haven't done a dogwalk since last fall. And we're not doing today. get her a few steps on , but that's as far as she goes.. she bails and goes back to visit the judge, and she's off her game completely now - can't get her back and refocussed on me (the other obstacles are on the far side of the dogwalk, and she's freaked herself, so not even a tunnel can suck her in..., so I thank judge and scoop her up. NT. It's all good though.
Finally it's Wildcard.
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/8738/wildcardmapfq8.jpg
There are some tricky bits, but I've decided to stay on the outside (avoiding the dogwalk) - giving us a nice flowing circle with possible traps at 5 and then a tricky line from tunnel to jump 9 and 10. But doesn't faze our sophie girl. She runs fast, attentive other than a quick stop at the ring crew (who has positioned herself facing into the corner, which strikes me as REALLY funny - but I can't giggle, Soph returns to me and we finish fault free and with a time of 34.5, way under SCT of 54. YAY! What a nice finish for a super super day
Colours has two blended courses, you choose which to run.. some of the obstacles are shared, others are different for each course...
Standard is same as AAC, but at level 1 there's no weaves or teeter
Wildcard is a standard run, but at level 1 you have to complete two one point obstacles (the a's) and one two point obstacle or combo of obstacles (the b's) - in the map, the tunnel -tire combo on the right was our first 1, then the two jumps at the back were our 2 pt'ers, then our second 1 pt was the jump between the two tunnels on the left. The line between the tunnel and 5 was a bit tricky, a bit of a trap - then the final two jumps were offset.. she nearly knocked a pole on the last jump but it held up... a friend taped the first two runs but not our clean performance.. boo.
Not that I'll forget it anyway... :)
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