jumptoit
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We had a rather rushed morning getting ready as she'd been horrendous when I tried to school her on Friday night just bouncing everywhere so I wanted to give her a quick lunge before we went just in case she was slightly off but she was fine so threw some plaits in and we set off. It was a nice journey other than the 50 average speed bit on the A1. So we arrived on time and walked the XC which I though was a really nice course but very big, a meaty step up and palisade at 4, some curved Bee Hives at 8 & 9, sunked road at 11 and 12, interesting water bit at 13 and 14, an open spread at 16 and a trakhener at 17 with a narrow and wide table at 20 so no real let up fences once you got passed fence 10!
We were running early so had some breakfast, finished plaiting, then got on her and she was very compliant and chilled so I only did 20 mins, untacked her and left her then got on 15 mins before my test and only did a small amount. Decided to go to the main warm up about 8 mins before as it was very crowded and we worked in in the corner of the lorry park (nice open space) otherwise. She was going really nicely until we got cut up and had to do a handbrake turn in canter in the warm up a few minutes before we went in but I thought she'd regained some sort of relaxed state just in time.
The test itself I was very pleased with, the trot work was the best she's done much more rhythmical and true than last week and no overbentness either but again the canter let us down but I still thought it would be about a 37.
We got 42.5, which I was a bit disappointed with but looking at the sheet it says the right stuff just the marks are quite low but it was the same for everyone and we weren't last
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Went over to the SJing very early as they seemed to be letting you go whenever so warmed up and put my number on the board and went in, the course wasn't massive but some tricky lines with lots of room to choose the wrong one. She was great though, much better than she has been recently and it was a more flowing round. We touched the first part of the double so clever pony decided to veer left a bit and squeeze in two little ones and didn't touch the second part. So another clear !
Got ready straight away for XC and she warmed up fine just a little bit keen in places, went over to the start. Set off nicely to the first, a sort of roll top thing covered in brush, and she decided to go on a long one and tried to brush through it but took the half the fence with her and I landed on the floor - yes that's the not so pingy bit
!
But I got straight back on and since 2 and 3 were smaller and she felt fine I decided to take it steadily, see how she was and make a decision by fence 10 where things got bigger. She was a little sticky over fences 2 - 6 at which point I decided I wasn't being positive enough and leaving it all up to her so rode her properly into 7 which she was fab over, as well as the bee hives at 8 and 9, nice over 10 so I decided to keep going
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She was nice over the log, step up and roll top at the sunken road, popped over the barrel into the water, onto the island over the barrels and back out and over a roll top. Next was the big open spread which she was fab over and then the trakehner and nice over the table and roll top. Trotted into the skinny table at 20 and she was fab and nicely over the last.
So after our little blip at fence 1 she was her fantastic self so really pleased with her and glad I decided to continue in preparation for next week.
It turned out they'd had to hold the course and repair the fence so apologies to those who had to wait! Still not entirely sure what happened as my Mum didn't see
but I think it was just one of those things and hopefully it won't happen again.
All in all a happy jumptoit and a perfectly fine Pingy Pony who doesn't have a mark on her - lunged her this afternoon to check she was ok and she's fine.
Apple Tart or Ben and Jerrys if you get this far.
We were running early so had some breakfast, finished plaiting, then got on her and she was very compliant and chilled so I only did 20 mins, untacked her and left her then got on 15 mins before my test and only did a small amount. Decided to go to the main warm up about 8 mins before as it was very crowded and we worked in in the corner of the lorry park (nice open space) otherwise. She was going really nicely until we got cut up and had to do a handbrake turn in canter in the warm up a few minutes before we went in but I thought she'd regained some sort of relaxed state just in time.
The test itself I was very pleased with, the trot work was the best she's done much more rhythmical and true than last week and no overbentness either but again the canter let us down but I still thought it would be about a 37.
We got 42.5, which I was a bit disappointed with but looking at the sheet it says the right stuff just the marks are quite low but it was the same for everyone and we weren't last
!Went over to the SJing very early as they seemed to be letting you go whenever so warmed up and put my number on the board and went in, the course wasn't massive but some tricky lines with lots of room to choose the wrong one. She was great though, much better than she has been recently and it was a more flowing round. We touched the first part of the double so clever pony decided to veer left a bit and squeeze in two little ones and didn't touch the second part
. So another clear !Got ready straight away for XC and she warmed up fine just a little bit keen in places, went over to the start. Set off nicely to the first, a sort of roll top thing covered in brush, and she decided to go on a long one and tried to brush through it but took the half the fence with her and I landed on the floor - yes that's the not so pingy bit
! But I got straight back on and since 2 and 3 were smaller and she felt fine I decided to take it steadily, see how she was and make a decision by fence 10 where things got bigger. She was a little sticky over fences 2 - 6 at which point I decided I wasn't being positive enough and leaving it all up to her so rode her properly into 7 which she was fab over, as well as the bee hives at 8 and 9, nice over 10 so I decided to keep going
. She was nice over the log, step up and roll top at the sunken road, popped over the barrel into the water, onto the island over the barrels and back out and over a roll top. Next was the big open spread which she was fab over and then the trakehner and nice over the table and roll top. Trotted into the skinny table at 20 and she was fab and nicely over the last.
So after our little blip at fence 1 she was her fantastic self so really pleased with her and glad I decided to continue in preparation for next week.
It turned out they'd had to hold the course and repair the fence so apologies to those who had to wait! Still not entirely sure what happened as my Mum didn't see
but I think it was just one of those things and hopefully it won't happen again.All in all a happy jumptoit and a perfectly fine Pingy Pony who doesn't have a mark on her - lunged her this afternoon to check she was ok and she's fine
.Apple Tart or Ben and Jerrys if you get this far
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! Hopefully she'll be back on form, we've been for some fitness training on the beach tonight 