2022 Q2 Goal Review and Q3 Goals

Another quarter done, I can't believe we are halfway through 2022! This quarter was so great in so many ways, I got my saddle, TC did really well, I did well in my new job, and I spent a ton of time with my niece. But it was also (SO) busy and stressful at times too. 

He's the best

Look at this nose

2022 Q2 Goals

TC

- stay sane and sound

Yep!

- be consistently schooling all of First level again

We are doing pretty much everything from First at the moment

- continue working on the collection in trot and canter

Yep!

- trail ride a lot

Not as much as I would have hoped but I was also gone a lot this quarter

- maybe go to working equitation camp

Nope, but we did go to a ranch competition and win it!

- break in the new saddle!!

Yes and I love it!

Ranch competition!

Such a good boy

Sunny

- stay sane and sound

Yep!

- successfully swap over to the bitless bridle

Yep!

- maybe start jumping or even just pole work again

He started free jumping and we've been trotting over poles

- maybe go to working equitation camp

No, didn't work out this year, but we did do Mounted Archery! 

- get my niece to ride him by herself

She did!!

- maybe get my mom back on him??

Not yet, hopefully this summer? Who knows

It was so much fun!

Such a good pony

Jumping

- feel confident over 2'3-2'6 courses with fill 

Yep!

- be consistently landing on the correct lead over fences

Well, not really, but that's okay

- be successful at the horse show! I'll define what success means later

Yes!!

- continue working on my foot light/jumping position in general

Definitely getting better

- continue working on balance without rigidity

This is still challenging but I'm working on it, my last lesson especially made me feel way better in this department

Such a talented fish!

It was such a fun show

My Riding

- fix my right hip

It got better and then got worse again, but I am working on using my back brace less because I think that contributes to the dysfunction

- fix my left hand (lol or just make progress with it)

It's a little better, I worked on it for a while and then stopped, oh well

- continue working on my breathing

I have been doing pretty well with this!

- continue to build my core strength

Yeah I need to really focus on that this quarter

This guy has been doing pretty well lately!

Msc

- continue with copilot (or another gym solution)

I kind of fell off the wagon with that, traveling a lot made that tough, but hopefully this quarter!

- fix my right hip 

Again I was doing so well with my PT exercises until I went on like, back to back vacations

- get an injury looked at, back or wrist (my job has a fabulous PT I might work with)

Yep! My wrist got looked at 

- have fun in Kentucky!!

I did!!

- ... don't spend too much money in Kentucky

I didn't! I came in shockingly under budget

- feel more settled at work 

Absolutely, I am almost 5 months in and am already conducting trainings for new hires, my manager says I am fully onboarded and performing above my level (unfortunately I am not eligible for a promotion any time soon, but it's good to know). 

Kentucky was so amazing!!

2022 Q3 Goals

TC

- stay sane and sound

- trail ride more

- trail ride off the property

- start schooling the haunches-in

- start schooling the counter canter

- 

Sunny

- stay sane and sound

- trail ride more

- work up to cantering poles

- free jump a few times

Pony!

Jumping

- continue lessons on Sebastian (more on that next week)

- work on breathing better over fences

- work on my mental game over fences 

- school cross country!

Enter: Sebastian (Flounder is still the best fish)

My Riding

- work on turning off SNS (more on this later) on all horses

- work up to doing all walk work with no back brace and all other work with looser back brace

- start doing some more sitting trot

Msc

- get back on the copilot train

- work on my right hip

- continue to do well in my new job

- start learning Python

- start learning Git

- enjoy time with my nieceS (new niece has yet to make her appearance but will soon!) 

Unexpected resort experience during this quarter!

Here's to the third quarter of the year!

2022 Q1 Goals Review and Q2 Goals

Time to look back on the goals I set up for the first quarter of 2022! I was pretty successful with these but I also think I chose really easy goals. That was on purpose given that I didn't know how much rain we were going to get, but I'll take the win given that last year I basically scrapped all of my annual goals. 

I feel so lucky to have my boys together at the ranch

2022 Q1 Goals

TC

- stay sane and sound

Yep! 

- get through the rains well

There unfortunately wasn't much to get through

- continue rebuilding strength

He is definitely stronger than he was!

- buy a saddle

Yes!! More details coming soon!

- be consistently cantering

Yep!

Look at that reach to the contact, wow, I might make
an entire post about this one ride!

Sunny

- stay sound (he is always sane)

Yep! He was actually not particularly sane this quarter but it seems I have my pony back

- get through the rains well

Yep!

- continue working on strength 

Yep! He's looking so good these days

- continue working on forward

Yep! It's way better now

- do a schooling show or a clinic?

Nope, EHV ruined our plans

- start jumping him again?

Not yet

Love this new trail through the trees

Jumping

- get back into a regular jumping lesson schedule

Yes! It's been so fun to be jumping regularly again!

- work on my breathing

Definitely have been putting a lot of effort into this!

- work on my foot light

This got better and then worse, oh well

Worse lol oh well

My Riding

- continue building core strength

Definitely much stronger in my core than before

- strengthen my abductors 

Ehhhhh haven't done as much work on this

- work on my weird twist

Worked on it in my biomechanics lesson a couple weeks ago!

The SO and I went on a bike ride before he got
mono, who gets mono in their thirties?!?!?! Oh, 
I mean aside from me in 2019 lol

Msc

- get my back looked at by a doctor again

Not really, I've seen a chiropractor and acupuncturist though!

- get my wrist looked at by a doctor again

Not yet, hopefully this quarter

- stay consistent with copilot or another gym solution

Up until my hip injury, I was super consistent, hopefully I can get back to it next week with a modified program since my hip is refusing to do anything but light work right now. Time for bench to catch up to my other lifts lol

- start my new job

Yep! It's been great, I honestly love it so much!

- settle into a routine with the new job

I have, it's a funny schedule but I really love it

The food at work is amazing btw

2022 Q2 Goals

TC

- stay sane and sound

- be consistently schooling all of First level again

- continue working on the collection in trot and canter

- trail ride a lot

- maybe go to working equitation camp

- break in the new saddle!!

Sunny

- stay sane and sound

- successfully swap over to the bitless bridle

- maybe start jumping or even just pole work again

- maybe go to working equitation camp

- get my niece to ride him by herself

- maybe get my mom back on him??

The cutest fish!

Jumping

- feel confident over 2'3-2'6 courses with fill 

- be consistently landing on the correct lead over fences

- be successful at the horse show! I'll define what success means later

- continue working on my foot light/jumping position in general

- continue working on balance without rigidity

My Riding

- fix my right hip

- fix my left hand (lol or just make progress with it)

- continue working on my breathing

- continue to build my core strength

Msc

- continue with copilot (or another gym solution)

- fix my right hip 

- get an injury looked at, back or wrist (my job has a fabulous PT I might work with)

- have fun in Kentucky!!

- ... don't spend too much money in Kentucky

- feel more settled at work 

Hopefully this quarter will be good! Hard to top Q1 with my new job and TC doing so well, but Q2 has Kentucky, a couple of clinics, a jumping show, and WE camp. 

2021 Q4 Goals Review and 2022 Q1 Goals

 Ahhh these posts have been obnoxious to keep up because everything has been so chaotic. But I'm going to continue making them for now to see if this year can get its shit together. 

This guy is hilarious

2021 Q4 Goals

TC

- stay sane and sound

yep!

- buy a saddle???

not yet but it's coming!

- rebuild strength using what we learned at the clinic

slowly but surely 

- haul to the trail facility at least a couple of times

whoops, failed there

- find a trainer to ride with at least semi regularly

nope

- have fun at the working equitation clinic

I took Sunny but it was fun!

- participate in the next bodywork/riding clinic

Yep! I took both horses

My Riding

- work on my core strength

yes! my trainer has been programming a lot of core

- work on my biomechanics

yep! I did biomechanics check November and took a biomechanics lesson

- start regular jumping lessons again!

fail! Hopefully we'll figure out a schedule this month

- when I get a new job, work toward solidifying my riding schedule to fit in a second horse

haven't started the new job just yet but I'm brainstorming

Msc

- keep on keeping on with the gym 

yep! I also found CoPilot, which has been great

- find a new job (hopefully!) 

yep! Just need to start it now

- settle into a new routine with the new job

not quite yet

- hopefully see family members for the holidays! 

yes! I saw my mom's family for the first time in two years, my SO's family for the first time ever, and spent a lot of time with my niece

- spend more time with friends

I'd like to have spent more but I think I'll always feel that way!

I had so much fun with this pony this quarter

2022 Q1 Goals

TC

- stay sane and sound

- get through the rains well

- continue rebuilding strength

- buy a saddle

- be consistently cantering

Sunny

- stay sound (he is always sane)

- get through the rains well

- continue working on strength 

- continue working on forward

- do a schooling show or a clinic?

- start jumping him again?

Jumping

- get back into a regular jumping lesson schedule

- work on my breathing

- work on my foot light

My Riding

- continue building core strength

- strengthen my abductors 

- work on my weird twist

Msc

- get my back looked at by a doctor again

- get my wrist looked at by a doctor again

- stay consistent with copilot or another gym solution

- start my new job

- settle into a routine with the new job

I've added some more categories! I figure I'd give Sunny his own list of goals because in some ways, his are more tangible/possible so it'll give me something to think about. I also really want to stay consistent with my jumping so that when I do eventually have the ability to buy another horse, I can actually get the horse I've been dreaming of (which I do not have the ability to ride right now). 

Hopefully the rain stays away enough to make some of these things possible!

2021 Review and 2022 Goals

I don't think I've had such a failure of a year goals-wise on this blog. I don't think we hit ANY of our 2021 goals this year. Oh well. 

I just love him

This guy is weaseling his way into my heart too

Let's get it out of the way right away:

2021 Goals

- TC stays sound and sane

yep

- Rico stays healthy and continues to enjoy his retirement

yes!

- hit the trails more

we certainly did at the ranch!

- take TC swimming

nope

- take TC to the beach again

nope

- take TC to an obstacle clinic or show 

nope, but I took Sunny to a WE clinic!

- figure out what to do about the L program

nope

Early 2021 working at our old barn

- find a new training situation

nope

- qualify for CDS Championships at Third level

nope

- qualify for All Breeds at Third level

nope

- debut at Fourth level

nope

- solidify the half passes

nope

- start schooling the working half pirouettes

nope

- solidify the four tempi changes

nope

Early 2021 trail ride!

- start schooling the three tempi changes

nope

- solidify the piaffe

nope

- work on the passage

nope

- qualify for All Breeds at Fourth level (stretch goal)

nope

- debut at Prix St George (stretch goal)

nope

FAIL. Well, let's find out why. 

2021 in Review

January started out with TC being lame on his left hind, his go-to stifle weakness. The smoke in the fall and the rain in the winter kept us off the hills and his left stifle said "no thanks" to that lifestyle. Luckily, he was fine after a few trail rides. On a lighter note, I discovered that TC had achieved his Silver Elite FSA after scoring well at Third level the year before. I started to torment myself with the equicube and we tried out a lesson with Jec who helped us with some cavalletti exercises. And then at the end of the month, we got hit with a horrible storm. 

February began with a vet visit to my lameness vet to see what was going on with him. The answer was: nothing, he was totally sound. He recommended more cavalletti and a muscle building supplement, so we did those and even went to a cavalletti clinic for the former. I also took a lesson with Tracey who helped me with his bend in the lateral work. 

Cavalletti clinic!

I started March off with a bang, entering a show and paying for all of my memberships in preparation for Championships this year (LOL). We continued our trail riding adventures and also went to ride with my former trainer who helped me find a connecting leg aid. By the end of the month, TC was boarding at the ranch and I stopped taking lessons. 

In April, we mostly worked on TC settling in at the ranch, which he did quickly. We walked down the road and back, he got time in pasture, we played in the hills, my niece helped us with bombproofing, and we did a lot of work in the arena. In the mean time, the SO and I managed to trick someone into giving us their house for more money than is reasonable. We also both got vaccinated! TC started to make demands at the ranch, which my mom gave into because horses at the ranch get what they want (he is still, to this day, fed outside his stall because he hates stalls). At the end of April, Kate let me borrow her Butterfly saddle and I thought I'd found the one. 

TC the pony ride horse

Turnout with Riot

The SO and I moved into our house in May! Then TC saw his PT for the first time (and second to last time, ugh I wish we could have continued working with her). Unfortunately as much as I was excited about the Butterfly saddle, I couldn't commit to buying one because it turns out, it was hurting my back. I confessed to starting jumping lessons with Kate on Flounder in April, which were so much fun. TC moved into the first stall at the ranch and got a half acre pasture to himself and Rico as a neighbor. At the end of the month, TC saw the PT again and I was so hopeful.

In June, I started looking into new saddles and because I was saddleless, started long lining TC again and riding him in Rico's dumb bareback saddle. My jumping lessons continued with Kate addressing some of my old bad habits and my poor breathing over fences. I started trying to pony Rico off of TC which had pretty good results! In an exciting return to normal, I finally got back up to Horse Expo, which was a blast. I tried out a saddle this month and TC said "absolutely not" to it so we were back to the drawing board. My parents' house started construction and TC was unperturbed so I rode him through the construction. At the end of the month, the SO and I spent a week in Tahoe!

Jumping Flounder!

TC says no to a saddle

July started off with my fun data project to compile all of my dressage tests into a database, which I posed about a couple of times. I worked with Jen's friend Mary to figure out what TC needed in a saddle and continued my search. At the end of the month, I put TC and Flounder in my trailer and we hauled down to Twin Rivers for cross country camp! Flounder and I jumped around the intro and some of the beginner novice which was SO MUCH FUN. I was surprised to discover how much my previous cross country experience came right back to me. TC was a bit nervous down there but still allowed me to hack him out. 

My first post in August shed light on how much my eye has changed over the last year and how much it has tormented me. I had taken a saddle out on trial and so I took four lessons in the month of August. Two with a local trainer (1, 2) and two with a remote trainer (1, 2). I also got a helmet camera, which was exciting, although I mostly used it for trail riding this year. I went down to San Diego to visit L and have a jumping lesson! TC finally let the acupuncturist know that it was his neck that was bothering him, which now makes a lot of sense but at the time I was excited to have another piece of the puzzle even though I didn't know where to put it. My mental game continued to suffer, although little did I know, I was about a month away from answers. 

TC and Flounder!!!!

Jumping with L's trainer!

At the end of August, we had a bit of smoke that meant that both horses had some time off. In early September, I put the horses back to work and started riding Sunny more, even jumping him a bit. I had to give the saddle back and thought about buying it (deciding in October not to buy it). At the end of the month, Kate invited me to a clinic that was life changing. 

October started out with me unsure of what to do for the winter but ultimately deciding to keep TC there through the winter given that we were probably not going to be doing much. I made some changes since the clinic, such as treating TC for hind gut ulcers and not cantering him. This had huge effects on his previously narrow chest. While TC enjoyed the new work on his thoracic sling, the pony was skeptical. With all this new information, it was hard not to look back on what I'd been doing and feel frustrated, but I tried not to let it get to me. TC and Sunny continued to do well with the work, so remaining positive was relatively easy. Plus, we had our first rains at the ranch and they weren't too bad. At the end of the month, Sunny did fabulously well at his first Working Equitation clinic!

Best pony!

TC looking amazing after auditing the clinic

November began with a clinic with the clinician I audited back in September. It was life changing for both TC and Sunny! I didn't have much to say this month because we were working very slowly, but slow is smooth and smooth is fast. Given that riding was a little slow, I took advantage of this and spent some time with the SO, we took a weekend off to go to SF and then we spent the week before Thanksgiving on the east coast visiting family. 

I didn't start posting in December for a week because it felt repetitive to say that everything was going well with both horses but that nothing had changed. We had some winter weather and I got to experience the joy of having a gray horse in pasture. I managed to sneak in a biomechanics lesson on Sunny in the middle of the month, which was helpful to share with my trainer on CoPilot. I got to participate in my first Land Safe clinic, which was amazing! It rained a bit more but cleared up enough for me to have a lesson with the bodywork clinician just before Christmas. I sent her pictures of the super pony and she was so excited at how well he was doing too. Meanwhile, I was dealing with a job offer that I was accepting! 

Pony benefited from the clinic too!

Land Safe!

Overall, it was a pretty great year. From buying the house to moving TC to the ranch to figuring out what was wrong with TC. As much as this was not reflected in not achieving *any* goals I put out, it just doesn't matter. I'm so excited to be moving forward this next year with my wonderful horse! 

Main 2022 goal: more of this!

2022 Goals

- TC stays sane and sound

- Rico stays healthy and happy

- haul out to trail ride more

- trail ride on my childhood trails

- ride on the beach again

- rebuild TC's strength 

- rebuild TC's canter work

- continue working with the bodywork clinician

- find a trainer to work with semi-regularly

- start schooling Third level again

- retrain the simple changes

- retrain the changes

- retrain the haunches-in

- retrain the half passes

- restart the half steps

- restart the pirouette canter

- (stretch goal) show at Third Level again

- move TC for the winter next year as long as things are going well with him

- teach TC Spanish walk! 

- continue developing Sunny (as long as it makes sense)

- do a dressage show on Sunny (schooling is fine)

- do a working equitation show on Sunny (schooling is fine)

- continue jumping Flounder (semi-)regularly!

- do some kind of jumping show (schooling is fine)

- school cross country again

- do well in my new job 

Can't wait for another year with my best pony

I have no idea how TC is going to come back, so some of those goals may not happen. I'm going to just listen to him and figure out what he needs, but it'd be fun to check some of those things off. 

Fingers crossed that 2022 goes well! I figure nothing can be as bad goals-wise as 2021 so we are starting with a very low bar there. 

2021 Q3 Goals Review and Q4 Goals

Another quarter in this obnoxious year down and just one more to go. I don't even remember my goals for this quarter so hopefully I kept them fairly light! 

One of my very favorite things I did this quarter!

Q3 Goals

TC

- stay sane and sound

yep!

- continue enjoying the ranch or move somewhere closer

he's been loving the ranch so we haven't moved yet!

- when we have a saddle, work on TC's fitness

he's definitely in better shape now, having that month with the saddle helped a lot, as did the smoke mostly staying away

- when we have a saddle, start taking lessons and maybe find a trainer to work with regularly

we took four lessons this quarter! I think I've made a decision on who to ride with regularly but we'll see how that holds through this new stuff I've learned

- when we have a saddle, trail ride off the property!

ah we didn't get to do that, I prioritized hauling for lessons

- when we have a saddle, rebuild TC's connection and collection

definitely getting better this last week

Another favorite thing I did!

My Riding

- continue doing my best until a saddle comes along

TC has stayed in pretty regular work, which is great without a saddle and during fire season!

- when we have a saddle, work to build fitness in the dressage tack again

I had just started sitting the trot when I went to the clinic and now I'm going to post for a while longer, but I've been working hard on my core on Sunny!

- when we have a saddle, work on my biomechanics with a biomechanics trainer

haven't gotten to work with her just yet, hopefully this winter! 

- continue jumping with Kate! 

Kate went through a giant barn change and then little Flounder had a bout of pigeon fever (the external kind, he's fine) so we haven't worked together lately, hopefully this will change very soon! I've been jumping Sunny a lot and practicing what she's taught me so hopefully I'll be well practiced

- work on my breathing, especially over fences

definitely been working on that

- work on using my core over fences more effectively

I think this is getting better!

- maybe school cross country?

I did! Kate's barn did a cross country camp and TC, Flounder, and I went down for it

Had so much fun with this guy too

Teaching

- get my student her Silver medal???

yes!!!

- pass ratings, do well at shows, everything else

yes!!!

- reduce teaching this fall when students go to school

I'm now clientless except for my clinics, it's been really nice

Msc

- continue enjoying the house

yes!

- continue enjoying the garden!

yes!

- stick to the gym plan

I set my bar pretty low but I've been really consistent this month so that's good!

- potentially see the doctor about my insomnia but I'm waiting to get on the SO's insurance in November so it may have to wait until then

turns out that when you're insanely burnt out, insomnia is part of that, I am no longer insanely burnt out so I am now sleeping well for the first time in a very long time!

- visit a few friends I haven't seen in a while

I got to see L but then my life blew up a bit so I haven't been able to see as many friends lately, boo

- maybe find a new job (ideally this fall or next spring but if the right one comes along, I wouldn't say no to earlier!)

not yet, I've had some promising interviews though

I just love this horse, he's so funny

This quarter coming up is so up in the air. I mean, this whole year has been up in the air. But we'll see how things go! Hopefully next year I can have some better goals. I think this year has just been a year of learning. I guess at least I like learning. 

TC

- stay sane and sound

- buy a saddle???

- rebuild strength using what we learned at the clinic

- haul to the trail facility at least a couple of times

- find a trainer to ride with at least semi regularly

- have fun at the working equitation clinic

- participate in the next bodywork/riding clinic

My Riding

- work on my core strength

- work on my biomechanics

- start regular jumping lessons again!

- when I get a new job, work toward solidifying my riding schedule to fit in a second horse

Msc

- keep on keeping on with the gym 

- find a new job (hopefully!) 

- settle into a new routine with the new job

- hopefully see family members for the holidays! 

- spend more time with friends

These two! 

Fingers crossed I can knock some of those out. I'd honestly take failing most of them except TC staying sound and me getting a new job. 

Some Preliminary Findings

 Well, I'm in the glorious data cleaning stage. I entered all the tests and comments and now it's time to clean the database and enter some additional information that I want in it, as well as check any issues I found. 

Several things have come up in this process (and there's more to come). I had two tests where the entry information was hand-entered and they didn't put the ride time. Luckily both of those times could be derived by another test I did that day (and knowing what order the tests went in) so I estimated it by putting it 45 minutes away from the other test. I'm mostly interested in AM vs PM rides so it shouldn't be a big deal. 

I'm also definitely missing my Silver Medal test!! Bummer, all I remember about it is that I got 5s on both of my voltes because I made them too large. I am also missing TC's one Second level test, which sucks too, I'm sure that one is somewhere nearby though. I'll look out for them but it's just two tests, so that's okay. 

How many tests were ridden in
a tophat? No idea!

Onto the fun stuff, results! I haven't run any interesting statistics but I did do a bunch of counts, and here is what I know so far: 

I have 110 dressage test sheets, but that's not how many tests I've ridden. Some of those tests had two judges for one ride so I'm guessing my actual test count is around 100. That's pretty cool! I'll calculate the actual number eventually. 

I have ridden at 41 rated dressage shows! I suppose it's 43 because of my missing tests. I did not count shows at the same facility over two days with different shows per day (for qualification purposes) because I thought it was silly to do, so I guess technically I've done more shows. But that's 42 weekends I've given up in my life for this sport. 

So many pets for all the horses

I've ridden for 42 different judges in my life! That's pretty cool. Three of them I've taken lessons from (after they were my judge), two of which were in my L program as instructors, and two pairs of them are parent-child relationships (like I rode with a judge and that judge's parent) at least that I know of.  Nine of them are male and the rest are female.

I will change this when I figure out the double tests but here are the number of test sheets I have per level/test:

Training Level Test 1: 2

Training Level Test 2: 7

Training Level Test 3: 13

Training Level Test 4: 9

First Level Test 1: 13

First Level Test 2: 9

First Level Test 3: 6

First Level Test 4: 6

Second Level Test 1: 2 + 1

Second Level Test 2: 2

Second Level Test 3: 5

Second Level Test 4: 5

Third Level Test 1: 4

Third Level Test 2: 2

Third Level Test 3: 8

Fourth Level Test 1: 3 

Fourth Level Test 2: 2

Prix St George: 4 + 1

Intermediare I: 1

Intermediare II: 2

Grand Prix: 3

Obviously some of these are skewed. The double tests are messing us up for sure. Plus, there are no more test 4s so at Training through Second, I used to do the 3rd and 4th tests more than the first two. And then some tests are just stupid and shouldn't be ridden (the new Third 2, Fourth 3) and so I avoided them. You can also see that I have primarily ridden at the FEI levels when I've been fairly tight budget-wise, so I was very selective about my shows and how much I showed. So I don't think this is useful data, but it's interesting. 

Baby Rico and baby Megan

My average score per movement is a 6.5, that's pretty cool. My average test score is 65.92% so that tracks. 

Per horse, here are their average scores (I excluded Leo because I only did like four shows on him):

Larkin: 66.80%

Rico: 64.64%

TC: 68.85% 

Well if that doesn't show improvement, I don't know what does! 

Here are my top 5 scores: 

75.83% on Larkin at Training 3 (Damn I should have celebrated this more).

74.23% on Larkin at Training 4 (same, seriously!).

73.44% on TC at First 2 (I did celebrate the crap out of this). 

73.98% on Larkin at Training 4 (didn't know how good Larkin really was lol).

72.69% on Rico at Training 4 (Rico and I were really well spread score-wise).

How many tests did I smile walking out of? No
idea, but this was when I got my Silver medal, I knew
I had the score because the test was pretty good

Here are my bottom 5 scores:

54.26% on Leo at Grand Prix (Leo was kind of off coming into this test so it was a disaster, as one's first Grand Prix almost always is!) 

59.12% on Rico at First 2 (I hurt my back at this show and went off course twice in this test).

59.44% on Larkin at First 4 (Larkin was very tired).

59.53% on Rico at Third 3 (Half the letters blew down so Rico wouldn't get near the rail on one side lol).

60.00% on Rico at First 1 (no idea!).

My horse's average gaits scores are a 7, haven't separated them by horse but I'll be curious to know that! 

Average impulsion is 6.6. Average submission is 6.4. Average rider position is 7.3. Average rider effectiveness is 6.9. Now, those rider scores are fairly new. My average rider score when it was just one score was a 6.7. So I've definitely looks like I improved my rider scores even if it doesn't seem like I have! 

How many shows in the double?
Also not sure!

The next thing on my to do list is to hand enter every movement for every test I've done and categorize the movements. I was doing it at the same time as entering the scores and it was killing my soul so I left it for future Megan. Future Megan here, kind of regretting not doing it at the time but that's how it goes!

After that it's just making sure that everything is ready to be loaded into the database/into the dashboard. I have a rough idea of some of the pages I want to have in the dashboard but I usually just get in there and play around. 

I don't actually need to put it into the database to make the dashboard, but I do if I want to run any additional statistics, which I do! I'm not sure what exactly I'll be doing, that's why the dashboard will be nice, I can play around in there and come up with some hypotheses and then test them statistically. I'd love to do things like hold certain variables statistically constant or compare movements with one another across horses. It won't be anything too exciting but that's okay! 

How much does my shadbelly cost per ride? Don't
want to know!

Hopefully the next update will be a dashboard! Or maybe just more of this, who knows. I'm trying not to burn myself out with this project but I am also really eager to get it off the ground.