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I took Grace out competing yesterday and she was a real monster in the collecting ring. Every time she felt my leg or I flicked her up with the whip she would buck and kick out at me
She felt really quite tense and I found it hard to actually 'ride' her in the test. This resulted in a meesly 61.89% which I was really disappointed with because I know she can do so much more than that!
It got me thinking back to this time last year... she qualified for the Petplan Finals at Prelim and Novice in August with 69% in the Prelim, and 65% in the Novice
I cannot help but wonder where we would be up to now if she had not damaged her suspensory and underwent colic surgery
I am trying to stay upbeat about her as I promised myself I would, but she never got below 65% at Prelim before and it is pretty hard to find her being so low in the table. This was her second competition since coming back, and I have one booked for Saturday to see how she gets on.
Has anyone else any experiences of what a horse was achieving before a long period of time off compared to how they came back?
And has anyone else ever sat thinking 'what if' in this kind of situation?
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It got me thinking back to this time last year... she qualified for the Petplan Finals at Prelim and Novice in August with 69% in the Prelim, and 65% in the Novice
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I am trying to stay upbeat about her as I promised myself I would, but she never got below 65% at Prelim before and it is pretty hard to find her being so low in the table. This was her second competition since coming back, and I have one booked for Saturday to see how she gets on.
Has anyone else any experiences of what a horse was achieving before a long period of time off compared to how they came back?
And has anyone else ever sat thinking 'what if' in this kind of situation?