BunnyDog
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Thanks very much Zero. I love having him and being able to do all the fun stuff.
Em
Em
I have to admit, whilst showjumping is not my thing (closet eventer with a string of lame horses to her name) and I don't do geldings (string of unsuitable partnerships on that score), I am green with envy. He is, as Zero says, some horse. So exciting to watch.
Sounds like he is going really well - brilliant to follow your progress - super boy! Good luck for the upcoming competitions. Do let us know how it all goes.
And happy birthday too - is it this Sunday (19th?) - if so, my birthday too
A whoops! And a well done! And a pity about the knock, but a much better looking round. What happened at fence 2, Em? He looked fine going into the first.
Per my friend around $40-60k US now.
Em
Northern Hare - Actually I got him in February. I went on a buying trip in October and the horse I loved massively failed the vet. (But good news he's for sale now for 2x the price so you all can buy him!) Cudo didn't arrive until 2/10/18. Em
Of course - apologies - we have our dates the other way round (dd/mm/yy), so I looked at 2/10 and took that to be 2nd Oct - that would have been impressive enough - but 10th Feb is even better!
I still haven't a clue how American SJ works, but am still thoroughly enjoy reading your updates.
This made me laugh, which I really needed as I had to put down my 18 yr old boy "Lad" Thursday and so any humor is more then welcome at the moment.
OK let me try to explain American Show jumping.
1) The ultimate goal is still first and foremost to jump clean
2) Usually we have a speed component as well. Whether it's a speed class or a class with a shortened jump off where you want to jump clean and be fastest
3) The Nations cup format that we did last weekend is VERY RARE. I have only seen Nations cup formats with actual Nations Cups. That said it still was cool to jump 3 full rounds and 1 jump off clean in a row.
4) The Team competition thing is a new entity. The US Show Jumping folks are trying to find a way to spot younger talent across the countryside. This is one of the programs. The whole program details can be seen and read here: https://ushja.org/programs/jumper/ch_aahome.aspx
So Cudo has been well rested. I gave him 3 full days off and so far we have only done light flatwork going into Monday's show. I might ship him to a place for a long trail ride today. I'm waiting to see how I feel. I was trying to give myself today to kind of get through the worst of the grief from Lad's death since it's a long weekend and no one needs me for anything. But I would also like to do well in the Monday class so a little torn.
Let me know if there are specific queries about our classes and how the rules work. I can try and explain a bit more.
Em