Acolyte
Well-Known Member
A quick report on my brilliant weekend with Josh...
Went to Hartpury to SJ on Saturday, only did one class because I knew he was competing on Sunday too but he went clear! Only a 2'9" course but it was our first time jumping a course together and our first competition so felt really
I (of course) hadn't bothered looking at the jump-off fences which followed straight on, lost fence 10 and ended up with a time of 80 seconds rather than the 30 seconds everyone else was getting
but hey, who cares!
Then went to Sapey unaff ODE yesterday and did the Intro class. Got an OK dressage (64%) which was about the middle of the class & was the same as quite a few others, then had 3 down SJ
. The arena was awful, really small, and the course was really odd too - Josh can get very strong and low/flat when he show-jumps, I lost him after the first fence so we just motorbiked around the arena with no control
Then XC was just AWESOME - he never hesitated or thought about doing anything but jumping, just took me into every fence and was fantastic
Apparently the water jump was quite funny - there was a barrel jump, then 3-4 strides then we had to jump into the water. My friends said you could hear "slow down, slow down....splash....oh good boy Josh!" as he just went straight through. A fab clear round, I was just so happy
Can't wait for my next ODE - an unaff at Broadway on 1st July then going to Ascott-u-Wychwood BE on 14th July. Am even planning to go up to PN when I have sorted out our SJ problems - unheard of for me, but he is so cool!
Sorry, I know this is self indulgent, but it is so great to have a horse like Josh
Went to Hartpury to SJ on Saturday, only did one class because I knew he was competing on Sunday too but he went clear! Only a 2'9" course but it was our first time jumping a course together and our first competition so felt really
I (of course) hadn't bothered looking at the jump-off fences which followed straight on, lost fence 10 and ended up with a time of 80 seconds rather than the 30 seconds everyone else was getting
Then went to Sapey unaff ODE yesterday and did the Intro class. Got an OK dressage (64%) which was about the middle of the class & was the same as quite a few others, then had 3 down SJ
Then XC was just AWESOME - he never hesitated or thought about doing anything but jumping, just took me into every fence and was fantastic
Can't wait for my next ODE - an unaff at Broadway on 1st July then going to Ascott-u-Wychwood BE on 14th July. Am even planning to go up to PN when I have sorted out our SJ problems - unheard of for me, but he is so cool!
Sorry, I know this is self indulgent, but it is so great to have a horse like Josh
