Before you get excited………….
Let me be clear, I still have no earthly idea how to sit the trot……
on my giant moving fancy pants warmblood…..
& my dressage lessons on him
regularly
bring me to tears.
For the record – I can sit the trot no problem on this horse…
and this horse…
and this horse…
But this one!!!!!
Last weekend in warmup the fearless leader admonished me NOT to sit the trot in the warm up.
The advise went something like, “Don’t SIT before you go in the ring! If it’s too bouncy, trying to sit isn’t going to make it better.”
Um………
Well……….
Last I checked sitting is “required” at this level and I’m not sure if I can’t sit in warm up what’s going to happen in the ring.
Here’s what happened.
I thought I might actually DIE.
And by the time I was done with the trot work & FINALLY able to canter I was sucking wind trying to breathe so desperately…..
that I couldn’t imagine why it is that I can run 8 miles at altitude…..
but 2 minutes of sitting trot on this beast…….
absolutely kicks my A$$.
I was lamenting my issue at the last show, and the best comment I heard was, “Well…. you look quite a bit better. At least now we don’t think you’re actually going to bounce OFF the horse??!!”
So I’ve been asking people if they have any “sitting trot secrets”.
These were the top 5 REAL answers BadEventer got to her question.
#5
I drink 3 glasses of wine before every dressage test.
#4
Go to your doctor and ask for Ativan
#3
Gain A LOT of weight. You can’t bounce as high if you’re heavier.
#2
Wear a shadbelly & post anyway. They’ll just think you’re “re-balancing”.
#1
Buy a Paso FIno.
