Luck

In our house luck is spelled W.O.R.K

As a clinician my horses get seen frequently by a lot of people, in day to day activities, not just in competition.
I get told often “You’re so lucky, Boogie is so “Insert positive descriptive word here”
It’s not luck. It’s years of investment and work in the horses DAY to DAY activities.

Phil and I were chatting this morning about Cowboy Dressage as I have just been judging all weekend.

We were talking about the requirements to be a clinician, one of which is riding your score. It takes hard work and consistency to achieve your score across a single test - you basically have to score 7.5 for every manoeuvre on the scoresheet. One or two lesser quality manoeuvres and you are not going to achieve it.

This is so important because everyone can ride a 7 or 8 in a single manoeuvre - I was handing them out all weekend. The bit that separates the clinicians from the amateur riders is the ability to produce that consistency over and over - 15 times in a single test.

This is how Cowboy Dressage keeps the standards of judges and clinicians so high - you must prove that you are capable of riding at that level not just as a one off, but consistently.

As a coach, clinician and judge I was holding myself to these standards long before I joined Cowboy Dressage, but I am glad now I have a tangible measurement of my ongoing self development
How do you measure your self development ?