He looks super, some of those XC jumps are huge though! Well done on a fantastic result
So you're not up for joining me in Extreeeeem Knitting then now you've got this Eventing lark sussed then?
Well done Smarty, sounds like he's really regaining his confidence.
And will you please stop handing out Ma Baydale's Crispy Cake as there will be none left by the time I get to you tomorrow.
Fantastic result! It's the days when it comes together that keep us going until the next one. The placing was the icing on the cake. Very well done
I'd have been more than happy with a point for the double clear.
Well done on the placing, and the mental kicking - nothing worse than the feeling of impending doom, it really is horrible.
Have said it before and I will say it again, I do love Marty, and yes he deffo does look to be shrinking in the girth department
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Can't see vids (pah, work) but I'm assuming OH no longer needs the wide angle lense? Go Smarty
Well he made that look easy didn't he?
What made you change from the Verbindend for the dressage? Just interested really as I think they are brilliant and do really help the lightness in front without any sensitive mouth hysterics
Oh - and before you think you have got away with it - I know what you are doing with those queasy video shots, thinking if you make everyone feel sick then they won't want Mummy B's cake so you can scoff the lot? Well you are wrong there lady - I'm never too sick for cake EVER - so pass it over
Finally sat on my Jup a couple of times, theres no stopping us now!! (Eventing has even been mentioned but i like to keep all my feet on the floor so will stick with the dressage next year unless he looks like hes going to be the next Tamarillo!!!) 
I'd put money on the fact that my OH is trying to get himself sacked as cameraman.
OH needs a tripod, don't watch them unless you're wearing those anti-sickness bracelet thingys! Marty needs some of Mite's stressage skills please, seeing as her diet tips have worked a treat.
And now, the more athletic we feel (the absence of equine "bingo-wings" helps ) the less, ahem, rideable we are . I'd ask elsewhere for stressage tips if I were you........! I'll see you & Smarty at MK, where I'm sure we'll be eminently spottable, if only for the active athleticism in all the wrong places.....
He looks great, streamlined definately (I'm sending Pig to your fat camp), relaxed certainly. I see what you mean about the dressage but it looked much better to me. Lovely SJ round, well done on the clear as they were certainly hard to come by. Great that he was so good over the XC, he's a big grown up boy now
Sorry you were feeling down, hope you are back to your usual whirl of positivity very soon. Congrats on the point and the frilly!
Nx
Sorry for any heaving you may have experienced.
Big congrats on the DC, I reckon you deserve to keep the vino & cake all to yourself (and def none for the other half as judging by those last vids he already had a head start on the wine
Think I was parked behind you actually as def caught a glimpse of the Kermit green and the svelt like Marty but alas, by the time I had dragged myself to do battle with I115 I was too late to say Hi....either that or you knew I was heading back and made a swift getaway
So after your brain-training game that was remembering the eventers GP course at Houghton here you appear to have a show-jumping course that only involves cantering to the right?! One left turn that I saw! Looking good anyway
Can I just say that I am SO JEALOUS of the size of your SJ arenas in the UK at ODE's here for some reason the DR warm-up and arenas tend to be set in an aprox 50ha field and the SJing (warm-up and ring) crammed into an area margianlly larger than your average loose box...
Well done on the point and placing
Does 8th get a pretty coloured ribbon? cause that the important bit right...
Regarding the XC vids -ARGH mine eyes! Was your OH cantering round on a horse himself??? However shouldn't complain my groom refuses to filmThe green & brown blur looked awesome and very neat in all the videos and the log after the corners
PS What has Jup done? I hope its not serious.
I do have some homeopathic stuff for nerves but I'm not sure it extends to impending doom-ness unfortunately.) The log was big-ish, yes, it must have been one helluva a tree they felled to get that. ) as he lost the ability to move his hindlegs properly - much to his disgust as he's normally so active with them... He's mended now and feeling good ie. irritatingly spooky.
Poor Marty is fading away- there'll be nothing left of him soon! We were vaguely discussing Lt. Downham being a first Novice for Reg next year... Having watched that and read your description, I think that the entry (if it's made) will be mysteriously lost somewhere! Well done on the 8th and the shiny points.
He surely could swap at the Teachers Pet points he's collected for an extra meal or something- like a reward scheme? I'm sure I can remember my primary school teachers running points thing and if you got 10, you got to pick a treat from the special box (although they were pencil sharpeners and pencils and rubbers...)
Everyone. Needs. To. Step. Away. From. Marty.
Good stuff. He does make the corners look easy.
But what WAS your OH doing???? I couldn't quite believe he'd agreed to chauffeur AND record for posterity, so I'd agree, it's all part of a nefarious plan to never be asked to do it again!
Fab result, Well Done
Showjumping round looked lovely especially if it was causing carnage.
Couldn't really watch the XC, a bit to much sea sickness for me!!!!!!!
Well done to you and Marty. I don't know what it is about the SJ at LD but it either jumps well or causes absolute carnage. ALso the time on the XC does tend to be on the tight side their so you can't have done too badly
I think Marty is deceptively ground-covering and because he doesn't pull I think he's not going very fast.
Well done to you n Marty he looked great, we were stood waiting when u sj'd due to the delay 21 to go before me!! Marty jumped v well that course caused soo many problems there were a large number with 20+ pen, think it was a great day for the hho'ers my boy got his first shiny big boy point even managed to stay on our dressage score woop didnt realise we were the only ones of both novice sections to do that eekk!
oh n yes we were parked nxt to u at houghton
I did see your name in the results but not until I looked at them at home. You must introduce yourself next time, it's embarrassing that I've managed to 'ignore' you twice now. OH did warn me that his filming was a bit iffy but that he'd tried to get as much of my round as he could. How could I criticise when he'd gone to so much effort?
What a shame I missed you, I hope you had a good day?
Well done - BM is definitely looking more streamlined, he made it look easy aswell.
Glad Jup is on feeling better now
He's looking really fab, taking it all in his stride. And looking more streamlined too! Well done for such a good result too, the doom-laden feeling thankfully was a red herring
). Virtual choc crispie cake is winging its way, Hermes-like, to you.
I'll not save these for watching on the train then, your OH + Mr Bransons tilt trains does not sound like a match made in heaven....
Unfortunately it seems the super-smart-stressage-scores were directly related to rideability...
Welcome to my world.
Well absolutely, you have to treat these chief filmers with complete care and consideration else they won't come back!
Yes we had a good day thanks, finished in that slightly annoying 11th...damn those pesky time faults