Bills
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So off we went to Lincomb yesterday for the hunter trial. We had entered the 2'9'' as this was the highest class they did, but I must say on walking the course, I thought it was a pretty decent test for a 2'9''
Fence 1 was nice and easy (and on the small side) 2 was a decent log, he got a little sticky at this one so a little smack as a reminder (I also head butted him which you'll see on the hat cam!! Poor horse lol!) 3 was a nice chair then onto 4 which was a roll top A and B, B was slightly off set, we were a little wobbly to the B part as I didnt set him up great, but a little kick and as alwys he's straight as a dye (sp) and through clear, onto 5 which was a very small log but landing down a steep hill so pootled down that hill slowly then kicked on for a nice box type thing at 6, 7 was a little wonky shaped log into the water (sorry for my non technical names, I dont know all the fence names but you get the idea!!) 8 was on top of a bank, just a nice log then rolling down hill to swing right for the train, 9 was a nice roll top flower box and 10 was another wonky log! 11 was the sunken road, steady through there to make the turn right to a pretty decent corner at 12, great through there, but I did get him a bit wrong so we jumped the wide part of the corner (good job he's honest) then swing right for 13 which was jump on and off another bank, 14 was a wide ditch and then two strides to a really skinny roll top, a bit wobbly to the roll top but a good kick and he went fine. 15 was a nice box to a water splash and then onto 16 which was a decent sized hay cart off not the easiest line (listen on the hat cam for me reminding myself to be 'committed' 'committed' to this fence
) 17 was a decent brush and then a gallop on up the hill home to 18 which was just a nice small let up fence to finish, so clear and cue massive pats and a big from me.
Commentator gave us nice comments again, 'finishing very strongly' so again from me!
Took him back to the box and he recovered really quickly, so a wash off and a well deserved graze for him on the lush grass, then we loaded him up and went to feed ourselves.
I couldn't believe my eyes when the scores went up and we only went and WON it!!! To say I was over the moon is a massive understatement! We won a nice red frilly, a t-shirt and a lovely white numnah! So our first win at a hunter trial
This horse deserves a win every time out as in the 3 years i've had him he has never once put a foot wrong on the xc, (touch wood for the future!) he has been clear every single time we've been out, but numpty rider just cant get the timing right, we're always too quick, but yesterday we were 2 seconds off the optimum time and two weeks ago at Eland we were 1 second off. So im hoping im starting to get myself together on that one and its not just a fluke! *fingers crossed*
I don't think our round was as smooth as Eland a couple of weeks ago but to be honest I let my nerves get the better of me a little, as we had never been there before I was just winding myself up, as always for no reason whatsoever as I have the most genuine and forgiving horse in the world.
Anyway enough of my gushy, ramblyness!! Here is our hat cam video of our round, I hope you enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbmfXXX2HMQ&sns=em
Thanks for reading
Fence 1 was nice and easy (and on the small side) 2 was a decent log, he got a little sticky at this one so a little smack as a reminder (I also head butted him which you'll see on the hat cam!! Poor horse lol!) 3 was a nice chair then onto 4 which was a roll top A and B, B was slightly off set, we were a little wobbly to the B part as I didnt set him up great, but a little kick and as alwys he's straight as a dye (sp) and through clear, onto 5 which was a very small log but landing down a steep hill so pootled down that hill slowly then kicked on for a nice box type thing at 6, 7 was a little wonky shaped log into the water (sorry for my non technical names, I dont know all the fence names but you get the idea!!) 8 was on top of a bank, just a nice log then rolling down hill to swing right for the train, 9 was a nice roll top flower box and 10 was another wonky log! 11 was the sunken road, steady through there to make the turn right to a pretty decent corner at 12, great through there, but I did get him a bit wrong so we jumped the wide part of the corner (good job he's honest) then swing right for 13 which was jump on and off another bank, 14 was a wide ditch and then two strides to a really skinny roll top, a bit wobbly to the roll top but a good kick and he went fine. 15 was a nice box to a water splash and then onto 16 which was a decent sized hay cart off not the easiest line (listen on the hat cam for me reminding myself to be 'committed' 'committed' to this fence
) 17 was a decent brush and then a gallop on up the hill home to 18 which was just a nice small let up fence to finish, so clear and cue massive pats and a big from me. Commentator gave us nice comments again, 'finishing very strongly' so again
from me! Took him back to the box and he recovered really quickly, so a wash off and a well deserved graze for him on the lush grass, then we loaded him up and went to feed ourselves.
I couldn't believe my eyes when the scores went up and we only went and WON it!!! To say I was over the moon is a massive understatement! We won a nice red frilly, a t-shirt and a lovely white numnah! So our first win at a hunter trial
This horse deserves a win every time out as in the 3 years i've had him he has never once put a foot wrong on the xc, (touch wood for the future!) he has been clear every single time we've been out, but numpty rider just cant get the timing right, we're always too quick, but yesterday we were 2 seconds off the optimum time and two weeks ago at Eland we were 1 second off. So im hoping im starting to get myself together on that one and its not just a fluke! *fingers crossed*
I don't think our round was as smooth as Eland a couple of weeks ago but to be honest I let my nerves get the better of me a little, as we had never been there before I was just winding myself up, as always for no reason whatsoever as I have the most genuine and forgiving horse in the world.
Anyway enough of my gushy, ramblyness!! Here is our hat cam video of our round, I hope you enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbmfXXX2HMQ&sns=em
Thanks for reading
as it looks so easy.....not sure how you have the guts to go quite so fast but you both obviously love it! 