miss_c
Well-Known Member
I don't think I've posted any comp reports since winter regionals, so here goes! Apologies for the quality of the photos - zoomed in from my phone.
After RC Areas which were unfortunately a few days after regionals G had a month of just chilling, being a horse, and hacking. She always gives me 110% and so it was time for her to have some time to relax after working so hard and travelling a fair amount of mileage.
We started back in with attempting to be selected to represent Avon at the BD Inter-County Challenge. I am thrilled to say we were successful and I will be riding as an Individual in the Novice, I wasn't even expecting to be a reserve at Novice so am completely over the moon. I have also managed to attend two other BD training days and am waiting to hear if I have been successful in being selected to represent the South West at the BD Inter-Regionals in mid-May at Prelim - everything is firmly crossed!
Easter holidays finally arrived which meant that I had a chance to get out competing and try to get qualifications finished - because of my job it is hard to fit in competing during term time as I only get one day a week off when generally I just want to flop. We started with West Wilts where, despite swans causing chaos for many competitors, we won P17 on 69.6% and were 2nd in the Restricted Novice on 64.9%. Unfortunately in the Novice I made two very costly mistakes that put us below the winner - sack the pilot!
Easter Sunday was spent at the beach with trendybraincell, allowing the dressage welshies to let their hair flow free and have a good gallop.
Next up was Cotswold RDA with the aim of finishing qualification for Summer Regionals. We had a few 'discussions' and I felt completely outclassed in the warmup as usual, but G went into the arena and straight into show-off mode. We were 2nd in P14 on 73.54%, a new personal best for us, and then won the Restricted Novice on 70.37% which was the first time we have broken the 70% barrier at BD. VERY pleased!
Finally was Summerhouse on Friday which I nearly withdrew from as we had finished our qualifications. However myself, Genie, Mum, two bichons and my nephew headed off bright and early. I did not allow enough time to work in for P15 however I needn't have worried as Genie pulled it out of the bag for me. 1st on 71.3%, almost 3% clear of 2nd place. The Novice went ok in my opinion, and I was thrilled with 67.5% and 3rd in the Restricted against very good company. Everything seems to be falling into place at Novice now so after one last shot at a Prelim qualification at Summer Regionals we shall step up to Novice properly.
(Please note, I have NO idea what my hands are doing in some of these photos!!)
That's it for Genie now until the Inter-County Challenge, so we shall be doing lots of schooling at home and plenty of hacking out. Planning permission has finally been granted for the arena at the new yard and we are hoping that it will be in very shortly.
Thank you for reading. Full reports and more pictures are on my blog. Please help yourself to raspberry or lemon sorbet!
After RC Areas which were unfortunately a few days after regionals G had a month of just chilling, being a horse, and hacking. She always gives me 110% and so it was time for her to have some time to relax after working so hard and travelling a fair amount of mileage.
We started back in with attempting to be selected to represent Avon at the BD Inter-County Challenge. I am thrilled to say we were successful and I will be riding as an Individual in the Novice, I wasn't even expecting to be a reserve at Novice so am completely over the moon. I have also managed to attend two other BD training days and am waiting to hear if I have been successful in being selected to represent the South West at the BD Inter-Regionals in mid-May at Prelim - everything is firmly crossed!
Easter holidays finally arrived which meant that I had a chance to get out competing and try to get qualifications finished - because of my job it is hard to fit in competing during term time as I only get one day a week off when generally I just want to flop. We started with West Wilts where, despite swans causing chaos for many competitors, we won P17 on 69.6% and were 2nd in the Restricted Novice on 64.9%. Unfortunately in the Novice I made two very costly mistakes that put us below the winner - sack the pilot!
Easter Sunday was spent at the beach with trendybraincell, allowing the dressage welshies to let their hair flow free and have a good gallop.
Next up was Cotswold RDA with the aim of finishing qualification for Summer Regionals. We had a few 'discussions' and I felt completely outclassed in the warmup as usual, but G went into the arena and straight into show-off mode. We were 2nd in P14 on 73.54%, a new personal best for us, and then won the Restricted Novice on 70.37% which was the first time we have broken the 70% barrier at BD. VERY pleased!
Finally was Summerhouse on Friday which I nearly withdrew from as we had finished our qualifications. However myself, Genie, Mum, two bichons and my nephew headed off bright and early. I did not allow enough time to work in for P15 however I needn't have worried as Genie pulled it out of the bag for me. 1st on 71.3%, almost 3% clear of 2nd place. The Novice went ok in my opinion, and I was thrilled with 67.5% and 3rd in the Restricted against very good company. Everything seems to be falling into place at Novice now so after one last shot at a Prelim qualification at Summer Regionals we shall step up to Novice properly.
(Please note, I have NO idea what my hands are doing in some of these photos!!)
That's it for Genie now until the Inter-County Challenge, so we shall be doing lots of schooling at home and plenty of hacking out. Planning permission has finally been granted for the arena at the new yard and we are hoping that it will be in very shortly.
Thank you for reading. Full reports and more pictures are on my blog. Please help yourself to raspberry or lemon sorbet!