Baydale
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I hope no-one thought I was suicidal when they saw the big E on bdwp, as I had a really good day.
Yep, before you think I've lost the plot completely, all that happened was that I had a real blonde (or senior) moment showjumping and went merrily cantering past a fence.
Oops, I've not done that before and won't plan on doing it again. Maybe I overdosed on the AAA and it chilled me out so much I forgot how to count. Whatever, enjoy a chuckle at my expense as I'd hardly be devastated by the experience, would I?
First things first though: Saturday saw me and the little ginger one doing 5yo BYEH. He was very chilled, even after a bit of a bundle in the warm-up when three or four horses set each other off and Tino and I were stuck in the middle of them, cowering. He did a nice test, bit of a spurt into one canter when a quad bike came past, but otherwise really sweet and settled: 25 out of 35 for that.
Photos by kind permission of Imagepoint Event Photography
In to showjump and he was a bit inattentive at a couple, so we had a few Tino specials. Despite leaving them all up, he got a lousy mark - his unique style is a bit lost on the judges but I've never sat on anything so intent to get to the other side and leave them intact, so I was pleased. *whispers 22 out of 40* This was the best photo:
Conformation: he got 12 out of 15, much better than last time but I think him muscling up and filling out has made him look much better without tack on.
So, GT_02 and I were chuffed with him, and we've put the new photos on his ad and reduced the price to try and get some movement on that front.
Sunday was HH's day, his first such day for 9 weeks when he whacked his stifle at Brigstock. Understandably he was delighted to be in circulation again
, and my normally sufficient 30mins dressage warm-up was woefully inadequate. He entertained himself the whole way through the test, with a Jemima-like bum shimmy in our two jog (walk) half circles, a couple of dodgy shoulder-in's and some v "active" medium canter circles, all accompanied by me, struggling like the Captain of the QE2 without a rudder. "A little jolly" was one of the comments, so 34.1 wasn't too bad I suppose.
Showjumping: after all the rain it was so muddy and slippery, and whilst it was later in the day and had dried out a bit, it was still pretty yucky. I did my short, sweet warm-up and went in, thinking forward, positive thoughts. All was going well and I was still thinking positive thoughts when I was a bit off the treble going in, so he tightened behind and had that but then jumped the rest well, so well that I cantered past our next fence and to the double - thinking to myself "that's a bit odd, going straight from a double to a treble?"
I then was a bit too forward to the oxer in, and couldn't shorten him enough to get out, so had that down. Then heard I was TE'ed for missing a fence out, doh
, but they'd ask the steward if I could go xc.
Here's him, starting to look more like he should:
Thankfully they did as he was fantastic cross country.
Sorry for the smiley over-use, but words cannot explain how much fun this horse is xc; he just loves doing it, it never occurs to him he can't do it, therefore as his passenger, that's fine with me.
This is his "pointy-eared" face, when he's clocked the fact that there is something else to jump, and soon-ish.
And he didn't care about the mud, which OH was pleased about seeing as he thinks he still might get him as a hunter. Hmmm, might have to reconsider that deal later in the season.
Don't know what reward you get for reading all this drivel, as I'm about to get in the car for the 2hr drive home. Great.
If you can hang on a while I'll open a bottle of berry cider and some cashews when I get home.
Yep, before you think I've lost the plot completely, all that happened was that I had a real blonde (or senior) moment showjumping and went merrily cantering past a fence.
First things first though: Saturday saw me and the little ginger one doing 5yo BYEH. He was very chilled, even after a bit of a bundle in the warm-up when three or four horses set each other off and Tino and I were stuck in the middle of them, cowering. He did a nice test, bit of a spurt into one canter when a quad bike came past, but otherwise really sweet and settled: 25 out of 35 for that.
Photos by kind permission of Imagepoint Event Photography
In to showjump and he was a bit inattentive at a couple, so we had a few Tino specials. Despite leaving them all up, he got a lousy mark - his unique style is a bit lost on the judges but I've never sat on anything so intent to get to the other side and leave them intact, so I was pleased. *whispers 22 out of 40* This was the best photo:
Conformation: he got 12 out of 15, much better than last time but I think him muscling up and filling out has made him look much better without tack on.
So, GT_02 and I were chuffed with him, and we've put the new photos on his ad and reduced the price to try and get some movement on that front.
Sunday was HH's day, his first such day for 9 weeks when he whacked his stifle at Brigstock. Understandably he was delighted to be in circulation again
Showjumping: after all the rain it was so muddy and slippery, and whilst it was later in the day and had dried out a bit, it was still pretty yucky. I did my short, sweet warm-up and went in, thinking forward, positive thoughts. All was going well and I was still thinking positive thoughts when I was a bit off the treble going in, so he tightened behind and had that but then jumped the rest well, so well that I cantered past our next fence and to the double - thinking to myself "that's a bit odd, going straight from a double to a treble?"
Here's him, starting to look more like he should:
Thankfully they did as he was fantastic cross country.
This is his "pointy-eared" face, when he's clocked the fact that there is something else to jump, and soon-ish.
And he didn't care about the mud, which OH was pleased about seeing as he thinks he still might get him as a hunter. Hmmm, might have to reconsider that deal later in the season.
Don't know what reward you get for reading all this drivel, as I'm about to get in the car for the 2hr drive home. Great.
