dengie showjumping report

[only_me]

thanks to all who gave me advice last night about how to jump indoors!

well i went anyway and arrived on time to jump around 10pm at the indoor...
it was only 90cm to 1m course, but i had to keep motoring on. jumped a warm up of 1-6, then straight in to the actual round of 1-8, where he jumped well but a little slow. its a good thing he is very honest as i saw some long strides! the only real bogey fence in the course was a 3 pony strided double, and the horses all found the distance strange, and i myself got 2 and a half strides in it!

but we went clear and inside the time, so out we went to learn our speed round

draw picked and i was last to go

so waited till all the ponies had gone very speedy and the horses had gone, and then i had to go! it was a good speed round as he was more together and we did some shockingly tight turns on a circle

but we found this easy due to all the training we have done at home jumping on a circle...

so we went clear in a time of 31 secs, and this was good so we were placed 6th but unfortunaltly we didnt quailfy as its only the top 4 that qualify for the finals!

but pleased as our jumping is coming on in leaps and bounds!

 

[carthorse]

Well done , these classes are usually very fast so you must have done well.

 

[Sarah_Jane]

Well done sounds like you are making good progress.

 

[Bella3puff]

well done

and keep going cus 6th in few weeks/months will get you thr cus some of the top 4 will have already Q for the reg finals by Jan time.

 

[Fiona]

Hey - well done, esp as horse's first time inside.
Glad it went so well.

Fiona

 

[MagicMelon]

That sounds good - well done. Out of interest, why were you sad about being picked last in the jump off? It's best to go last as you can watch a few (to see what turns are good or bad to make / see how many are on faults etc.) so you know how to tailor your own round!