Tempi
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone, firstly just wanted to thank everyone who text me today - was really nice of you
Il start with a brief run down of our BD outing on Saturday at Crofton. Did N22 and he was a little star and we won the class with 67.98% so was chuffed to bits with him
Had two 'naughty' moments, but apart from that i was really pleased with him. Spoke to the judge (who was lovely) for ages afterwards and she was really nice about him which made me feel better about today!
Sunday and Monday were spent hacking and pessoa-ing and he was a little angel again - altho the horse-eating pheasents nearly got him out hacking
Had a nice early start today, up at 5am. Got to the yard and polished him and plaited up then gave him his breakfast whilst i mucked out. Left yard at 745am and we were making good time until we hit an accident on the A4421 which was great
Luckily the tailback wasnt too long, so thankfully we got on our way again quickly enough.
Arrived at Addington at 10:30, which im sure is lovely when its not p*ssing down with rain
Signed in and watched a bit of what was going on at the time. Bumped into someone i knew who'd been riding earlier so she filled me in on all that they had done etc which was nice.
(For those of you who dont know, in my group was:
Charlie Hutton
Hannah Esberger-Shepherd
Peter Storr
Dan Greenwood
Matt Frost (he swapped with Jo Barry as she was in my group)
Roland Tong)
Tacked up the monster and mum led us over to the warmup (the indoor smaller arena). I did feel like a proper idiot being led, but i didnt fancy getting dumped in the mud in the carpark! Then Peter Storr turned up on a lunge line which made me feel much better
Wandered around in the warmup then saw Dan (Greenwood) and he came and spoke to me and walked round with me - so i felt quite important
Ive only ever had one lesson with him, so it was nice of him to take the time to talk to me. His horse was only just 4 and he only bought it 2 weeks ago and it had never been anywhere
Archie had obviously been polishing his halo overnight as there were no devil horns insight today, and he even gave Dans horse a lead into the main arena
Main arena was really quite hectic, people getting in and out of the stands, a huge judges table down the bottom end, the cafeteria at the other end, flags and banners - but he was really good.
However i really might aswell not have bothered being there - as fantastic as he felt (and he really did go well) - i dont think the judges looked at me once, not even when i came in the arena
it was very obvious they already knew who they were going to choose and i think even if id stripped naked and run around the arena screaming they wouldve taken no notice
Lukily it wasnt just me they ignored, Charlie, Roland and Peter got ignored too. I thought Charlie's horse was gorgeous, really nicely ridden too and was doing some fantastic work, but they just looked through him like he wasnt there
The horses called forwards for vetting were Matts, Hannahs and Dans - they all got ridden aswell. Emile rode Hannahs and Dans and Carl rode Matt's.
Either way tho, i did have a fantastic day and i cant believe i got to ride around with all those big names! Archie was fab and i couldnt have asked him to go any better than he did
I also cant get over what an brilliant experience it was, i really did enjoy it all and cant believe i even got the chance to do in the first place!
We have to wait 2 weeks before they write and let you know whos been selected, im 100% i wont have been tho. I knew i wouldnt have been anyways, but it wouldve been nice if they had looked slightly interested in me and the other ones they ignored!!
Archie is off to spend a week with Andrew next week to learn 'proper' stuff like changes and half pass
so we'll see how he copes!!
Video will be up tomoro hopefully, i will try and upload a bit tonight
Il start with a brief run down of our BD outing on Saturday at Crofton. Did N22 and he was a little star and we won the class with 67.98% so was chuffed to bits with him
Sunday and Monday were spent hacking and pessoa-ing and he was a little angel again - altho the horse-eating pheasents nearly got him out hacking
Had a nice early start today, up at 5am. Got to the yard and polished him and plaited up then gave him his breakfast whilst i mucked out. Left yard at 745am and we were making good time until we hit an accident on the A4421 which was great
Arrived at Addington at 10:30, which im sure is lovely when its not p*ssing down with rain
(For those of you who dont know, in my group was:
Charlie Hutton
Hannah Esberger-Shepherd
Peter Storr
Dan Greenwood
Matt Frost (he swapped with Jo Barry as she was in my group)
Roland Tong)
Tacked up the monster and mum led us over to the warmup (the indoor smaller arena). I did feel like a proper idiot being led, but i didnt fancy getting dumped in the mud in the carpark! Then Peter Storr turned up on a lunge line which made me feel much better
Wandered around in the warmup then saw Dan (Greenwood) and he came and spoke to me and walked round with me - so i felt quite important
Archie had obviously been polishing his halo overnight as there were no devil horns insight today, and he even gave Dans horse a lead into the main arena
However i really might aswell not have bothered being there - as fantastic as he felt (and he really did go well) - i dont think the judges looked at me once, not even when i came in the arena
Lukily it wasnt just me they ignored, Charlie, Roland and Peter got ignored too. I thought Charlie's horse was gorgeous, really nicely ridden too and was doing some fantastic work, but they just looked through him like he wasnt there
The horses called forwards for vetting were Matts, Hannahs and Dans - they all got ridden aswell. Emile rode Hannahs and Dans and Carl rode Matt's.
Either way tho, i did have a fantastic day and i cant believe i got to ride around with all those big names! Archie was fab and i couldnt have asked him to go any better than he did
We have to wait 2 weeks before they write and let you know whos been selected, im 100% i wont have been tho. I knew i wouldnt have been anyways, but it wouldve been nice if they had looked slightly interested in me and the other ones they ignored!!
Archie is off to spend a week with Andrew next week to learn 'proper' stuff like changes and half pass
Video will be up tomoro hopefully, i will try and upload a bit tonight
