EA HRVC "How to ruin a dressage horse in less than 6 minutes"

PLEASE READ! OK.... I need to set this up. This is the Equine Affaire Horse and Rider Versatility Competition and I am riding Curzon-a half Arabian/Friesian who is 17 hands tall please watch the end of the video to see him leave the ring and see the size difference of the next horse. (most were 14 hand range)
We had a 6 minute time limit to complete the course and I was told that most horses that went before me did not make the time limit which is an automatic disqualification. So if the horse would not do an obstacle I was told to skip it as I would not make time. (good advise)
Curzon had never jumped before (my fault) or seen a lot of the obstacles ever!
We did not get to know the course till that morning and got to see it 30 minutes prior to the ride.
NO EXCUSES just information.
I wanted to do this for fun and to take us both out of our comfort zone as we are a FEI dressage team and this was really hard mostly because we had to rush so much. A minute longer and it would have been so much better!!

Watch for piaffe steps and passage opps!

He is a spectacular horse who was the crowd favorite.

NOW BACK TO BEING A DRESSAGE HORSE!!!

enjoy a good laugh!