carthorse
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Today Penfold and Rafi were competing at the riding club champs in Lincoln.
They went there yesterday in the pouring rain , most of the lorries had to be towed onto the showground and it was really cut up.
Today Penfold competed first in the open show jumping and had two down but she was really pleased with him because it was very wet and he is not the best show jumper.One of her team went clear and one had 1 down and one had 3 down.
Then Rafi did novice 27 , there was a plastic cup on the centre line but Rafi was in his ' I am perfect' mood so took no notice of it.
After lunch they put the jumps up and Penfold jumped again. Stupid daughter didn't hear the bell and went over the start line on a circle which was counted as a refusal , he then went round with two down again [ consistent] and time faults because of her circle. The one that went clear in the first round had 5 down, the one that had 3 down went clear and the one with one down had a stop.
Rafi came 4th individually with 68% and the show jumping team came 6th.
They came home absolutely drenched .Every bit of tack is sodden and the horse look like they have been galloping in a ploughed field. They had to be towed out and good luck to the poor juniors going in tomorrow.
Really pleased with Penfold's year he has done so many different competitions, he has jumped in front of the Queen ,he has got his first point BE from a double clear and then got his first place in novice BE, so now has 4 points. He is going to have a month of quiet riding and then his shoes off and a rest. He will have to go to the RVC to see if they can help his breathing problem but all in all a great year with him.
They went there yesterday in the pouring rain , most of the lorries had to be towed onto the showground and it was really cut up.
Today Penfold competed first in the open show jumping and had two down but she was really pleased with him because it was very wet and he is not the best show jumper.One of her team went clear and one had 1 down and one had 3 down.
Then Rafi did novice 27 , there was a plastic cup on the centre line but Rafi was in his ' I am perfect' mood so took no notice of it.
After lunch they put the jumps up and Penfold jumped again. Stupid daughter didn't hear the bell and went over the start line on a circle which was counted as a refusal , he then went round with two down again [ consistent] and time faults because of her circle. The one that went clear in the first round had 5 down, the one that had 3 down went clear and the one with one down had a stop.
Rafi came 4th individually with 68% and the show jumping team came 6th.
They came home absolutely drenched .Every bit of tack is sodden and the horse look like they have been galloping in a ploughed field. They had to be towed out and good luck to the poor juniors going in tomorrow.
Really pleased with Penfold's year he has done so many different competitions, he has jumped in front of the Queen ,he has got his first point BE from a double clear and then got his first place in novice BE, so now has 4 points. He is going to have a month of quiet riding and then his shoes off and a rest. He will have to go to the RVC to see if they can help his breathing problem but all in all a great year with him.
