Holy crap. She gave you a work out. I love watching your videos. You do an awesome job with the horses. It would be awesome to meet you in person and to see some of the horses.
I can't believe you were slow with how fast FiFi was flying around that course!!! And I don't doubt that she gave you an arm workout either! But every time you asked her to come back to you, she did. But she's a very strong mare, and fast as well. Best Regards Elisa Wallace Eventing. Stay Safe Everyone!! From Ontario, Canada, Jenn. 💖 💖 🇨🇦 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
@@LabelsAreMeaningless yeah but from watching this video on its own we have no idea she has speed or impulsion. For all we know Elisa may well be starting to feel a loss of balance, hence asking her to come back. These aren't tiny jumps, so the horse needs to be properly underneath to clear them.
@@LabelsAreMeaningless I've noticed this as well. Not being critical (only an observation), but she's over time in almost every run. Her horses are clearly capable, so I'm not sure of the reason - maybe it's more about keeping the horse comfortable than caring about being competitive?
@@nerbur correct time is the least important as riding smart and safe and teaching relaxation over just going fast is what good cross country riding is. Making time at prelim and below for the most part is fairly easy. However, once at intermediate time gets more difficult also depending on the course, terrain and type of combinations. You want the horses at the base and not to take flyers. Stronger “faster” horses often are harder to make time because you have to keep them in balance, versus the slower horse that doesn’t need rebalancing. Also I don’t always need to push my horses to make time as their soundness it outmost importance.
@MysticAura just to clear up some things. Riding to the base is appropriate. And yes I had to work with Fifi to get her to slow down, the ground was super saturated as well, I made sure she had time to read certain questions like crossing the bridge etc. While I’m perfectly comfortable traveling at speed, I have seen people die first hand from running out of balance. Riding smart is the first, speed comes last. Building relaxation and trust with my horses is paramount so often times I’m “training” instead of trying to make time. If I kept having them “loose impulsion” they would not be able to jump cleanly and would start stopping. That is not the case, especially with Fifi, she’s been pushed a bit too quick and thinks every is supposed to be fast. I was 2 secs slow and moved up since a lot of people didn’t make time due to the wet conditions.
@@WallaceEventing Thanks for your reply. As noted above in my original post, I suspected (as one who knows nothing about cross country), that you were working more on keeping the horse comfortable and sound while riding the course. I really appreciate the detailed explanation that sheds a lot of info for the those of us who don't know. Good luck in your future rides; looking forward to seeing you competing in Lexington again next year.
Fifi's big expressive ears are fab.😁 An Irish🇮🇪 super star in the making. TBs make great partners but a Smart Irish Mare will give you that bit more. You just have to remember to Ask her to do something not Tell her 😉
I love seeing her on xcountry! She is such an athlete! To those saying she might need a double bridle, martingales, etc---those things are not going to create relaxation. She is also still young and will likely find that relaxation as she becomes more experienced and mature and as her partnership develops with her rider. And she was still so good! She may have been "up" but she absolutely listened to her rider. In any less experienced hands, things would probably go poorly. Many top level equine athletes are not easy horses to ride but it's that spice that sometimes is what makes them the competitors that they are. Its a pleasure to see a horse as talented as this brought along by a really talented and skilled equine professional like Elisa.
💙😍 Her heart is soooo BIG! Her ears kill me😂 and I’m not sure she ever stops thinking about anything, she’s a firecracker and I love her so much! Great riding Lady!🙌💙
Man she is a strong horse! It is good to watch these so I can see where I would have gotten in trouble with her because I could see that she would have talked me I to letting her go way too fast. So I saw where you slowed her and how much you had to work to bring her back to get the jumps just right...and idk that I would have had enough time to get her back to a safe pace before the jumps. Lol. It just didnt seem to me at that point that she needed to come back to more controlled pace...and I then saw she clearly needed to, based on how hard you had to work to get her rebalancrd for those jumps. ❤️ these so much!! Such good education without all the hard work and breathlessness needed to get the knowledge. 😆
That mare likes to go! Fifi is the only one of your horses that I would be scared to ride. She seems to have no whoa at all. But she did steady when you asked her. You are surely going to need a good muscle rub after that ride. There doesn't seem to be anything she wont jump and has a great feel for where to take off. She is a psycho bunny rabbit. You called it perfectly.
Lee, Cas, and Fifi are amazing! Hope Sharpie comes back soon. Miss seeing him! So much fun to watch all of them compete! All of your horses look like they really enjoy doing this... really shows how great of a trainer you are 🤗
You could see it when she settled down. Congrats on that progress. She really is a pocket rocket. Surprised she can hear you say whoa she is running so fast. Lol.
Hi Elisa 😊 I'm "new-ish" to eventing. I do not have access to a coach who does it all. I have a jumping coach and a dressage coach. I do go to schoolings here and there as well. I have a schooling show coming up and will do entry lvl dressage+xc and training lvl jumping. Any tips for my XC training at home? I am working on cantering rounds to get my horse some cardio. I just don't have much guidance here. Doing it for fun because I enjoy it.
hi , your such an amazing rider so I was just wondering how you get your horses fit for an event ? as I have a big event coming up but I am not sure how to get my pony even fitter he is already fit but he just looked fat so I need some advice
What is with her ears? Why does she do that? Also: I started watching you for the mustangs - that was maybe two years ago - and I didn’t even know you evented lol! Anyway, love your channel:)
I'm curious, you use standing and running martingales on some horses, but not on her. The way she carried her head several times would make me think to use one or the other, but I don't ride at your level.
She’s just so anxious. Rather than enjoying herself she’s just on high alert. Obviously very very capable and fast but currently she’ll fall over herself trying to get round rather than letting a fence come to her. I wonder what it is ? Could be simply that female multi task thing going on !
