only_me
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The week didnt star well Billy is now on his wheat free diet and I have been having trouble trying to get the oat ratio right 
after what can only be described as a very bad session on Tuesday where I was working on his canter-trot-canter transitions and he was working on his giraffe/inverted horse impressions 
This resulted in a very hasty phone call to my dressage instructor whilst still on Billy-giraffe for a lesson on Thursday!
Wednesday night was sj training at pc, where B and I were attempting the intermediate (a very full up 1.05 (a few were 1.10
) And whilst baby B was going a bit unsure of himself, I had other problems whilst landing from a rather decent parallel my stirrup leather snapped weirdly it snapped at the hole not from under the buckle so useable, although I was riding shorter than my comfort zone allowed 
Thankfully we had a great lesson on Thursday, where Billy decided that he had enough of giraffe impressions and became super poncy dressage pony instead!
Then on Friday, well, I think someone left the tap on because the bottom of our field was flooded, and the arena was unusable which meant that instead of our customary little jump before the event, we had to go hacking!
The event is rather handy, only 1hr away, and B and I were in the PC intermediate class (Pre-novice) doing BD 20 (yuk!) which I really dont like you try man-handling 17h of fresh-oat-fuelled distracted 5 year old into doing a canter-trot-canter transition over x in a 20m circle!
Thankfully, Billy decided to play ball in the dressage after instructor thought an extended warm up might work, although slightly hampered by the fact that one person was determined to ride me off not sure why! Still, a nice test I thought, we did the things where we were meant to and Billy took full advantage of the trot on a free rein with a very nice stretch!
Then the showjumping, which had a double AND a treble He jumped very very well, pity about me who cant see a stride and buried him into one 
() and then over-rode another which meant we had two down down to my awful riding However Billy jumped brilliantly, pinging and felt much more confident and grown up! 
And finally the XC nothing too major I was worried about, there was 3 waters which had a log 1 stride before a step down (B was a bit surprised about the first water step!), he is still a bit green going down steps into water, but that will come He flew the open ditch which I was as Billy has been trying to tell me that the bogey monster lives in the bottom of them, and made mincemeat of the skinnies and banks! The first 1-4 fences were across 2 fields and the gallop Billy produced was amazing! Suddenly there was such power and what a gallop! It only lasted till the 4th fence though, as still quite weak. So a good clear with him jumping out of his stride and sorting himself out he was so much more confident
So very pleased with Billy Boy, I keep getting these glimpses of the horse he will be I cant quite describe the feeling I get, but it makes me go everytime!
Oh yes, results
21.2 in the dressage We were 1st after dressage with the nearest person to us on 26!
We finished up 3rd due to my 8 faults in the jumping, and won a lovely silver plate for the best dressage, and a boot/hat bag for coming third! Event is sponsored by horseware Ireland, so excellent prizes for all!
Thanks for reading, have some yummy pavlova up for grabs!
Billy photos
Dressage (smiley at the judge
)
Poncy pony
XC with very kind permission to post
after what can only be described as a very bad session on Tuesday where I was working on his canter-trot-canter transitions and he was working on his giraffe/inverted horse impressions This resulted in a very hasty phone call to my dressage instructor whilst still on Billy-giraffe for a lesson on Thursday!Wednesday night was sj training at pc, where B and I were attempting the intermediate (a very full up 1.05 (a few were 1.10
) And whilst baby B was going a bit unsure of himself, I had other problems whilst landing from a rather decent parallel my stirrup leather snapped weirdly it snapped at the hole not from under the buckle so useable, although I was riding shorter than my comfort zone allowed Thankfully we had a great lesson on Thursday, where Billy decided that he had enough of giraffe impressions and became super poncy dressage pony instead!
Then on Friday, well, I think someone left the tap on because the bottom of our field was flooded, and the arena was unusable which meant that instead of our customary little jump before the event, we had to go hacking!
The event is rather handy, only 1hr away, and B and I were in the PC intermediate class (Pre-novice) doing BD 20 (yuk!) which I really dont like you try man-handling 17h of fresh-oat-fuelled distracted 5 year old into doing a canter-trot-canter transition over x in a 20m circle!
Thankfully, Billy decided to play ball in the dressage after instructor thought an extended warm up might work, although slightly hampered by the fact that one person was determined to ride me off not sure why! Still, a nice test I thought, we did the things where we were meant to and Billy took full advantage of the trot on a free rein with a very nice stretch!
Then the showjumping, which had a double AND a treble
He jumped very very well, pity about me who cant see a stride and buried him into one () and then over-rode another which meant we had two down down to my awful riding However Billy jumped brilliantly, pinging and felt much more confident and grown up! And finally the XC nothing too major I was worried about, there was 3 waters which had a log 1 stride before a step down (B was a bit surprised about the first water step!), he is still a bit green going down steps into water, but that will come
He flew the open ditch which I was as Billy has been trying to tell me that the bogey monster lives in the bottom of them, and made mincemeat of the skinnies and banks! The first 1-4 fences were across 2 fields and the gallop Billy produced was amazing! Suddenly there was such power and what a gallop! It only lasted till the 4th fence though, as still quite weak. So a good clear with him jumping out of his stride and sorting himself out he was so much more confident So very pleased with Billy Boy, I keep getting these glimpses of the horse he will be I cant quite describe the feeling I get, but it makes me go
everytime!Oh yes, results
21.2 in the dressage
We were 1st after dressage with the nearest person to us on 26! We finished up 3rd due to my 8 faults in the jumping, and won a lovely silver plate for the best dressage, and a boot/hat bag for coming third! Event is sponsored by horseware Ireland, so excellent prizes for all!
Thanks for reading, have some yummy pavlova up for grabs!
Billy photos
Dressage (smiley at the judge
)
Poncy pony
XC with very kind permission to post
