Bossanova
Well-Known Member
Left at the crack of dawn this morning for BCA with Moonie as she had a 9.00 dressage
She was so much more settled with a proper warm up and nice arenas and did such a sweet test, a little green and wobbly in parts but there were some seriously nice bits too. Was disappointed with 39 and even more disappointed when I got my sheet and she gave me all 6s for every movement, despite the fact that there was a marked difference in some of the movements!!
Never mind, onto jumping- she warmed up super and just pinged round like she'd been doing it all her life to jump a neat clear round. She gives me such a good feel, it's a pleasure to ride her. Xc course was a little boring but a nice confidence boosting run- she popped very sweetly round clear but with a few time penalties where she was a tad tired from Sunday. I was thrilled though, she felt brave and confident and you cant really moan about a double clear!! She feels ready to go PN
Sunny was up next. Now Sunny is older but has never really done much bar hunt, her owner did a few little things earlier this year and I did a 2'9 ODE but intro was quite a new experience for her.
Bless her she also did a 39 (nothing if not consistant!!)
She was very spooky in the SJ but tried her little heart out to also record a clear round. Xc was the smae- she insisted on trotting into the first few so we wasted time but she got round with no penalty so that was another double clear!!
Couldnt be more pleased with both girls, both are green but both tried so hard for me and were a genuine joy to ride- doubt I'll ever manage two double clears on the same day again
Photos to follow later
She was so much more settled with a proper warm up and nice arenas and did such a sweet test, a little green and wobbly in parts but there were some seriously nice bits too. Was disappointed with 39 and even more disappointed when I got my sheet and she gave me all 6s for every movement, despite the fact that there was a marked difference in some of the movements!!
Never mind, onto jumping- she warmed up super and just pinged round like she'd been doing it all her life to jump a neat clear round. She gives me such a good feel, it's a pleasure to ride her. Xc course was a little boring but a nice confidence boosting run- she popped very sweetly round clear but with a few time penalties where she was a tad tired from Sunday. I was thrilled though, she felt brave and confident and you cant really moan about a double clear!! She feels ready to go PN
Sunny was up next. Now Sunny is older but has never really done much bar hunt, her owner did a few little things earlier this year and I did a 2'9 ODE but intro was quite a new experience for her.
Bless her she also did a 39 (nothing if not consistant!!)
She was very spooky in the SJ but tried her little heart out to also record a clear round. Xc was the smae- she insisted on trotting into the first few so we wasted time but she got round with no penalty so that was another double clear!!
Couldnt be more pleased with both girls, both are green but both tried so hard for me and were a genuine joy to ride- doubt I'll ever manage two double clears on the same day again
Photos to follow later
