Visage at the AWHA Dressage competition at SIEC, July 2016, with one of his children watching in the background.

Hawkesbury Dressage Championships

Visage.

The career change seems to be on track, and Visage really appeared to enjoy his first ever dressage outing today. He was actually quite excited for the first test, the Elementary 3.3, no doubt on the look-out for something to jump, so a few small glitches put him into 4th place on 61.25%. But he had settled into his new role by the second test, the 3.2, and looked like he'd been doing this for years. In fact, the judge at C scored him the clear winner with 69.167%, but the judge at E was pretty tough on him, so his overall score was 64.58% which put him in 3rd place. Still a great start, and Brooke even appeared to be enjoying herself.

Also at the show were Valdeze and Jane Robinson, as well as Paddy Caton and Elayne Verner, both looking smart in their Novice tests.

There will be some professional photos to follow but for now there are some more happy snaps of Visage warming up in the Dressage and Visage files in the Gallery, as well as Paddy and Valdeze in their tests.