Fetiche Des Rouges - Tryon FEI - Sept ‘24

This is a video for the Fetich Deroux Syndicate. Well, everyone, we took Radish down to the Tryon International Equestrian Centre in North Carolina and we put him in the, the Open Intermediate, which is basically the exact same competition as the FEI Three Star short. It's just sort of like there's a national division and an international division. Radish has done plenty of the international division and sort of using this as a. Obviously it was a good competition for us, but just another competition where we build a partnership, got to know each other. The good news, I really feel like the dressage was better than Bromont. At Bromont, I was a little bit disappointed. It was just slightly unsettled in the dressage. And this week in the dressage here at Trioni, he was just a little bit more focused and on the job. We arrived at Tryon a day and a half before, so he sort of. I actually rode him twice the day before and got him nice and balanced and through and round. And all in all, I think we're going to be very, very competitive in the dressage. We were the very first to go. We scored. I want to say it was like a 25 or 26, which I think that must be around 73, 74. So the great thing with, with Radish is like, I've. I've had more extravagant horses. He's a good mover, but not like a draw dropping mover. But he's very, very steady, very level and he's very obedient. I mean, he's got a great paces, he's got a good trot, beautiful canter and his walk's unbelievable. But the dressage judges just love in the venting, at least they love marking a horse that just looks very, very pleasant and straightforward and consistent in the contact. So I think we were, I want to say, second place after the dressage, which there's some good horses in it. Good news is that he's got a really, really good walk and funny enough. All the big time horses, I find, usually have a very strong walk, usually means that they're great gallopers. And having a horse that's not tense or nervous in the walk at competitions is awesome, just because as we get to the bigger and better shows, the atmosphere is a lot more high and there's a lot more energy and electricity around. And having a nervous horse is a, is a nightmare. Last week we actually took him up to Sogarty's New York to do some show jumping. Met Peter Wilde up there and I jumped him. I Want to say it was a meter 10 and a meter 20 class. To be honest, he wasn't that good. He was very nervous and a bit sharp and spooky, especially in the first round. Our second round up there was. Was very good in the meter 20. But he's a, he's a, he's a wild man. He's a bit bipolar. He can be very, very quiet and relaxed like you're seeing here in the dressage. But in the jumping, it can get quite fired up. The good news is he show jumped. Unbelievable. Here at Tryon, it was the best round by far we've ever had. There wasn't any charging or wild man stuff in the ring and he jumped a really good round. In the cross country, we did have one run out, which was a real bugger. It was a bit of a surprise by saying that our cross country round was the most relaxed he's been so far. He's still a bit of a quirky, sharp electric horse. In the cross country, we had a glance off about fence seven. There was two angled brushes on a very long two strides. It actually wiped out half the field. If you look at the results, there's just an abundance of eliminations and retirements. And it was at this one jump that caused absolute havoc. Honestly, I got my line a little bit wrong on radish. I jumped part A well, but I didn't have part B lined up well. And at the same time, he's got a little bit of a left drift and I don't even think he saw the part B element. And before you know it, we were, we were past the, the jump that I was supposed to jump. So obviously it's something I need to work on in our training and it's gonna, you know, we're still getting to know each other. He's a, a bit of a nervous sort of electric horse, especially in the, in the cross country. And he can be quite sort of wild and frantic. And I've been working very hard at just trying to get him on a light hand and not fighting me too much in front of the jumps. It's been quite the challenge. So, all in all, very, very pleased with that dressage test. And that's only going to get better and better. He seems to be a cool, calm, collected customer in the flatwork and we're starting to get that relaxation in the show jumping. He's a sort of a squirrely horse. He sees the jumps and sometimes sort of charges at it. So my biggest thing is trying to sort of let his mouth go away from the fence, he sort of bites you into sort of pulling, pulling back as he gets to the fence. So it's a, it's a tricky ride because you sort of got to find your distance a long way away from the jump with the idea that you're not trying to slow him down or fix him at the end. The great news obviously with Radish, he's a very, very careful horse. This is a little bit problematic in the cross country, but in the show jumping it's awesome where he just, he'll do anything to keep the jumps up. He's very cat like. But the great thing with this round is there wasn't too much sort of bolting at the jump and me choking him back or anything like that. Obviously when we selected him in England, this was one of the attributes that I loved about him. He's just very, very careful, very sharp with his legs and good, good jumper. So Cross country day, you know, I feel like this year is going to be a real sort of partnership year. My intention wasn't to go real fast and especially after we had a run out early in the course, I just sort of went around at about 70% speed. He's an ultra fast horse. He's a real quick, fast galloper. So the speed and the endurance is definitely always going to be in there. The biggest thing is a little bit his control, his balance and his rideability to the fences. I think our next competition with Radish is going to be the three star short at Morven Park. This may or may not be his last run for the year. There's one more later in the year I might take him to and we'll do another three star short there. Obviously I'm going to build the cross country combination that we had the glitch at, at home in training and make sure that we can practice those sort of, those sort of lines. So where you're seeing him on the course there, he'd sort of had his run out earlier and I, I got him over the jump that he glanced off and then I just sort of cruised around the rest of the course, really trying to use this as a, a schooling round. I think in about two weeks time I'm going to take him up to Princeton, New Jersey, do some more show jumping on him. I think one thing about him is he does get a little change a little bit. He gets a little bit different to ride at the competitions. So the more exposure we can get him like he's, he's very good And a good boy and well behaved at home. But then sometimes at the competitions he really only in the jumping phases gets quite, quite fired up. I feel like we're in a place where early next year we can move him up to Forster. He's very careful coming in here. Whoa, That's good. That jump there was a little bit similar look to the one that we had a run out early in the course. I was pleased that he, he jumped that one well. So all in all it was a good event for Radish. Obviously wasn't the result we're after on paper but I feel like we're building a partnership and he'll be ready for four star next year. I'll give him an easy couple of days. He looked good on Trot up this morning. Morning at the stable and we'll put our energy towards the three star short in Morven Park. I think that's in three weeks time. That'll be a bit of a tougher three star course. But at the moment guys, I'm very, very pleased with the Radish and I feel like we're in good shape and I'm pretty sure he's going to be a big time horse for next year. It.