Bernster
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Not sure if these pics will work, have tried imgur and Flickr but can't make sense of how to upload! Hopefully someone will come along and sort it out for me please 😁
The most eventful part of yesterday was the return journey, which I'll get to in a moment...I feel a bit of a fraud posting this as a report as we did the tiddly 50cm ODE at Pachesham and, as expected, it was me, giant horse (comparatively speaking), and teeny riders on ponies. I was relieved that a few adults were there inc a fellow Wobbleberry!
Having lost our jumping mojo lately, I wasn't really excited at all, felt fairly meh to be honest. On the plus side, that meant I didn't have a sleepless night and wasn't sick with nerves beforehand.
Main aim was to complete and try to enjoy it. The step down in height meant I rode better and more confidently, which F needs from me right now. Dressage a bit lacking in oomph but he perked up for the jumping. Lots to improve on - I need to learn how to ride a sj course and F needs to learn to be out on a xc course on his own. The only issue was him being backward at the furthest point away - luckily the jump was so small he walked over it but he didn't step back so we ended up clear. Some nicer moments once we turned for home.
Ended up 2nd place with 32.4 and yes I was beaten by a 9 year old, who did a fab test! Nice rosette and a mug, and a big grin from me.
https://flickr.com/photos/151876880@N04/sets/72157685303863181
Then just over a mile from home the gear stick on the lorry went, on a hill just off a busy road. Totally stuck with drivers whizzing past and beeping me - like I was there out of choice 😠. We flagged a passing police car who helped us reverse to a quieter road then decided it was best to get Finnegan home whilst we waited for the recovery vehicle as it was so hot. My saint of a horse put up with being tacked up on the lorry, unloaded onto the road (eyes on stalks and a bit wired!) and then hacked home! Luckily I had high vis with me. He really is a total dude.
Horse and lorry safely home eventually but the liveries weren't half surprised when I came hacking into the yard having set off in the lorry hours earlier!
Not sure how I feel about the day though - we did complete, we did better than I thought, and i def enjoyed bits of it. But I still have a way to go confidence wise. I've deferred the Wobbleberry Challenge to next year so with more time I'm hoping we'll be back confidently tackling some bigger stuff but, for now, tiddly stuff it is...
The most eventful part of yesterday was the return journey, which I'll get to in a moment...I feel a bit of a fraud posting this as a report as we did the tiddly 50cm ODE at Pachesham and, as expected, it was me, giant horse (comparatively speaking), and teeny riders on ponies. I was relieved that a few adults were there inc a fellow Wobbleberry!
Having lost our jumping mojo lately, I wasn't really excited at all, felt fairly meh to be honest. On the plus side, that meant I didn't have a sleepless night and wasn't sick with nerves beforehand.
Main aim was to complete and try to enjoy it. The step down in height meant I rode better and more confidently, which F needs from me right now. Dressage a bit lacking in oomph but he perked up for the jumping. Lots to improve on - I need to learn how to ride a sj course and F needs to learn to be out on a xc course on his own. The only issue was him being backward at the furthest point away - luckily the jump was so small he walked over it but he didn't step back so we ended up clear. Some nicer moments once we turned for home.
Ended up 2nd place with 32.4 and yes I was beaten by a 9 year old, who did a fab test! Nice rosette and a mug, and a big grin from me.
https://flickr.com/photos/151876880@N04/sets/72157685303863181
Then just over a mile from home the gear stick on the lorry went, on a hill just off a busy road. Totally stuck with drivers whizzing past and beeping me - like I was there out of choice 😠. We flagged a passing police car who helped us reverse to a quieter road then decided it was best to get Finnegan home whilst we waited for the recovery vehicle as it was so hot. My saint of a horse put up with being tacked up on the lorry, unloaded onto the road (eyes on stalks and a bit wired!) and then hacked home! Luckily I had high vis with me. He really is a total dude.
Horse and lorry safely home eventually but the liveries weren't half surprised when I came hacking into the yard having set off in the lorry hours earlier!
Not sure how I feel about the day though - we did complete, we did better than I thought, and i def enjoyed bits of it. But I still have a way to go confidence wise. I've deferred the Wobbleberry Challenge to next year so with more time I'm hoping we'll be back confidently tackling some bigger stuff but, for now, tiddly stuff it is...
I am in the same position really, Jensen was doing really well (schooling over BE90 just fine) but then suddenly we had a nightmare of a hunter trial where he wouldn't do anything... followed by refusing to load the next week when we were off to do a confidence building 60cm course.... now a visit from the chiropractor has pretty much finished our eventing hopes this year 
