Sarah_Jane
Well-Known Member
Like many others I have been frustrated by the great British weather. My eventing focus was Pip's first intermediate at Gatcombe with warm up runs at Moreton and Aldon. I realised Moreton may be risky but in fact it had great weather and going, Aldon however was cancelled 45 minutes before we started out dressage 
This resulted in a very confused horse who had arrived the day before, been stabled then been put back in the lorry and taken home. This picture doesn't do the weather justice but shows the dressage warm up during a huge hail shower!
So as we all know Gatcombe didn't happen and my long awaited Intermediate debut, this will have to wait until Bicton now
So with a refund imminent (well arriving sometime) it paid for Sarnie to be registered again for BS and there just happened to be a BS show at Colraine One advantage of being so far SW is although the weather is not pleasant down here we have little snow or ice.
Sarnie was so excited to be out again. She is getting quite miffed with the amount Pip has been doing
Just entered her in the 1.05 open which was a very competitive class. So nice to have the 'old slippers' back on who I can trust to make up for my mistakes and do her best to jump a clear round. She jumped clear in the first round and we were drawn first to go in the jump off. Our only dodgy moment was when my foot hit the fence as we were turning at 2!
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It was enough for her to win So pleased it has now been 7 months since she came back into work and this was the first time she actually felt anything like her old self. It shows how long things take for them to come back. Her attitude to dressage has not changed so that is being avoided where possible
So with no Gatcombe Pip was entered in the BD today. Thought as we were moving up to Intermediate it was about time we did an elementary test so entered Novice qualifier and E43.
Having had a stressful morning - a simple new tyre on the car resulted in a 2 hour wait and £200+ bill after it was found the suspension coil was broken (explains the judder) So we were running well behind! She has been Miss consistency at the dressage and I was hopeful for some good scores.
Sadly the arena we use had some new boulders around the edge and she was a little tighter in the test than I would have liked, saying that it was accurate and obedient. An hours break for me to learn my test and we did our first elementary together.Thank goodness it no longer has to be done in sitting trot as this is a skill I have still not mastered with her and certainly not in my GP saddle! I was pleased with test and 'the boss' aka Mum thought it was the better of the 2. The judge for both was list 2 so I knew no easy marks!
By this time it was snowing (no not sticking but snowing in Cornwall) so she was quickly packed up and I headed off to find sheets. Was expecting about 65% for both tests. Was gobsmacked with 72% to win the Novice qualifier and 71% for 2nd in the Elementary both PBs for me! We only had one 6 and an 8 for my riding in both tests
So on a comparison Pip now has 43 points from 8 classes, Sarnie on the other hand has 49 from 27 classed Needless to say Sarnie says dressage is for cissy's and Show jumping is where the real glory lies. As long as they continue to fight it out on this form I won't complain!
This resulted in a very confused horse who had arrived the day before, been stabled then been put back in the lorry and taken home. This picture doesn't do the weather justice but shows the dressage warm up during a huge hail shower!
So as we all know Gatcombe didn't happen
and my long awaited Intermediate debut, this will have to wait until Bicton now So with a refund imminent (well arriving sometime
) it paid for Sarnie to be registered again for BS and there just happened to be a BS show at Colraine One advantage of being so far SW is although the weather is not pleasant down here we have little snow or ice.Sarnie was so excited to be out again. She is getting quite miffed with the amount Pip has been doing
Just entered her in the 1.05 open which was a very competitive class. So nice to have the 'old slippers' back on who I can trust to make up for my mistakes and do her best to jump a clear round. She jumped clear in the first round and we were drawn first to go in the jump off. Our only dodgy moment was when my foot hit the fence as we were turning at 2!
[youtube]X5qJbgJWLm8[/youtube]
It was enough for her to win
So pleased it has now been 7 months since she came back into work and this was the first time she actually felt anything like her old self. It shows how long things take for them to come back. Her attitude to dressage has not changed so that is being avoided where possible So with no Gatcombe Pip was entered in the BD today. Thought as we were moving up to Intermediate it was about time we did an elementary test so entered Novice qualifier and E43.
Having had a stressful morning - a simple new tyre on the car resulted in a 2 hour wait and £200+ bill after it was found the suspension coil was broken (explains the judder
) So we were running well behind! She has been Miss consistency at the dressage and I was hopeful for some good scores.Sadly the arena we use had some new boulders around the edge and she was a little tighter in the test than I would have liked, saying that it was accurate and obedient. An hours break for me to learn my test and we did our first elementary together.Thank goodness it no longer has to be done in sitting trot as this is a skill I have still not mastered with her and certainly not in my GP saddle! I was pleased with test and 'the boss' aka Mum thought it was the better of the 2. The judge for both was list 2 so I knew no easy marks!
By this time it was snowing (no not sticking but snowing in Cornwall
) so she was quickly packed up and I headed off to find sheets. Was expecting about 65% for both tests. Was gobsmacked with 72% to win the Novice qualifier and 71% for 2nd in the Elementary both PBs for me! We only had one 6 and an 8 for my riding in both tests
So on a comparison Pip now has 43 points from 8 classes, Sarnie on the other hand has 49 from 27 classed
Needless to say Sarnie says dressage is for cissy's and Show jumping is where the real glory lies. As long as they continue to fight it out on this form I won't complain!
