LauraBR
Well-Known Member
As some of you might know from posts I have made over the last weeks, Sam and I have having a bit of sticky time getting the measure of one another.
Our ventures out jumping usually involve lots of running out, elimination, and often a fall at some point
All of sudden it is like something has clicked with our jumping- I'm riding SO much better, my position jumping is a billion times better and I'm riding him so much more confidently and positively which *shock horror* is reducing the run outs!
SO..... today we went to the SJxHT again (round of 15 xc jumps in big outdoor arena- 75cm, really nice little course). Did the clear round to warm up (last time he refused pretty much EVERYTHING more than once AND I fell off)... and we went clear!!!!!!! Really had him going forwards and he was really jumping beautifully, he even jumped the water trays first time
Friends from yard all gave a huge cheer
Then our actual round.... you should have seen the smile on my face all the way round!!!! We were jumping so much better (friend who I compete with every week said we looked like a completely different horse and rider, she was shocked!)! Managed to get him round a really tricky corner (lot of horses ended up running into the side of the arena as it was so tight) but then lost my way a bit and jumped the wrong jump!! Carried on but then made a mistake I will never make again.... I took my eye off the ball and as we were flowing so well I assumed we were going to get home.... GAH!!!! at fence 15 I hit the floor before I even knew what had happened.
To the untrained eye it must sound like a disaster but it was anything but- amazing difference, really proud of us both and I think I have one of those smiles that is going to last a while
Oh, and the rosette... my friend and I have long standing joke about my burning desire for first rosette (we joke about looking for kids to push off ponies to steal their rosettes off them for me etc, doesn't sound funny but it amuses us) so my friend went to the secretary and arranged for them to present me a clear round rosette- pmslmao!!!!!! Honesty, you'd think we were younger than *coughs* nearly 30... but the secretary seemed to get the joke and Sam travelled home with his lilac clear round rosette proudly pinned to his rug.
Our first ever rosette
Our ventures out jumping usually involve lots of running out, elimination, and often a fall at some point
All of sudden it is like something has clicked with our jumping- I'm riding SO much better, my position jumping is a billion times better and I'm riding him so much more confidently and positively which *shock horror* is reducing the run outs!
SO..... today we went to the SJxHT again (round of 15 xc jumps in big outdoor arena- 75cm, really nice little course). Did the clear round to warm up (last time he refused pretty much EVERYTHING more than once AND I fell off)... and we went clear!!!!!!! Really had him going forwards and he was really jumping beautifully, he even jumped the water trays first time
Then our actual round.... you should have seen the smile on my face all the way round!!!! We were jumping so much better (friend who I compete with every week said we looked like a completely different horse and rider, she was shocked!)! Managed to get him round a really tricky corner (lot of horses ended up running into the side of the arena as it was so tight) but then lost my way a bit and jumped the wrong jump!! Carried on but then made a mistake I will never make again.... I took my eye off the ball and as we were flowing so well I assumed we were going to get home.... GAH!!!! at fence 15 I hit the floor before I even knew what had happened.
To the untrained eye it must sound like a disaster but it was anything but- amazing difference, really proud of us both and I think I have one of those smiles that is going to last a while
Oh, and the rosette... my friend and I have long standing joke about my burning desire for first rosette (we joke about looking for kids to push off ponies to steal their rosettes off them for me etc, doesn't sound funny but it amuses us) so my friend went to the secretary and arranged for them to present me a clear round rosette- pmslmao!!!!!! Honesty, you'd think we were younger than *coughs* nearly 30... but the secretary seemed to get the joke and Sam travelled home with his lilac clear round rosette proudly pinned to his rug.
Our first ever rosette
