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Flossy is well known to many on the British Dressage Forum as a teller of interesting stories and perhaps the odd joke or two. We have selected a few tales for your pleasure.
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Foggy Judging
For many competitors the “NATIONALS” were a very special event and an unusual experience for others .
Apart from having to cope with all the extra stresses that taking part in a high profile show imposes , some had the added hindrance of having to ride their tests in the early morning thick FOGG.
One competitor was so disorientated, from not being able to see beyond his horses ears , that when he caught glimpse of the judge sitting in the car by H,
he thought to himself that he was back in Africa watching “ Gorillas in the mist”.
The judges also found that having to perform their duty under these conditions is not easy.
A visiting foreign judge positioned at C told his writer that he will have to delay starting the class as he can’t see WHO is coming down the centre.
The writer told him to get on with it , he just need to listen to the announcer on the public address system and he will have all the information REQUIRED to judge. And any way DRESSAGE riders are well used to FOGGY judging.
Apart from having to cope with all the extra stresses that taking part in a high profile show imposes , some had the added hindrance of having to ride their tests in the early morning thick FOGG.
One competitor was so disorientated, from not being able to see beyond his horses ears , that when he caught glimpse of the judge sitting in the car by H,
he thought to himself that he was back in Africa watching “ Gorillas in the mist”.
The judges also found that having to perform their duty under these conditions is not easy.
A visiting foreign judge positioned at C told his writer that he will have to delay starting the class as he can’t see WHO is coming down the centre.
The writer told him to get on with it , he just need to listen to the announcer on the public address system and he will have all the information REQUIRED to judge. And any way DRESSAGE riders are well used to FOGGY judging.
