Hattikins
Well-Known Member
Well my little mare went to firle today to do her first ever affiliated event, and she ended up having to go PN as there was no space in the intro
It was her 2nd ever ODE -the 1st being a tootle round a 2'6'' at ardingly!!!!! so this was always going to be interesting
I couldnt ride her as my accreditation on her was not through yet so the son of the person we brought her from rode her
So into the dressage at 16.18pm and she did-considering he doesnt do a lot of dressage-a very adequate test and we were very pleased with a score of 37.6
Bless her-she thought she had finished for the day but oh no..................
onto the sjing which as firle always is, was buzzy and full of people and the added difficulty of the arena being full of trees
well she jumped a really lovely flowing round for just 4 pen. which was carelessness really but we and him were pleased with her attitude and were just using the dressage and sjing really as a means to go xc which was what we had come to teach her
By this time 17:34pm her little 5 yr old legs were becoming weary or so she told us
but we kitted her up for the xc and wandered down to the start. We thought that the firle PN course was pretty meaty (especially as a first time course) and so i was pretty nervous-(well to tell the truth i didnt think she'd make it over the first three!!!!!! shows my faith in her doesnt it
) so i positioned myself by the water so i couldnt be physically sick and he stormed out of the start box!!!!!!!!! I shouldnt have worried really-he rode her beautifully and it just so happens that the one thing she had a problem with was the ..................yes u guessed it the water
she jumped the fence two strides before the water then being a little dim only caught sight of the water when she had landed
and slammed on the brakes
she then proceded after standing for less than a split second to wiggle towards the water with vocal encouragement and two hefty smacks!!!!! and trotted purposefully through it- i thought great-she hasnt really stopped, she didnt step back-that is great-only to hear over the tanoy that she had been awarded two stops
i was furious - she never stopped - just had a wiggle
but as i contemplated this with my brother we saw her storming back across the far field and over the sky jump-which she catapulted over
then she stormed home-didnt look at anything-the tricky combinations, the large trakhener or anything and flew home-to add just 4 time penalties to her now cricket score which was pretty ok too
So we are really hopeful that she will still make an eventer yet
we just have to convince her that having a paddle is just as good as getting airborn
So into the dressage at 16.18pm and she did-considering he doesnt do a lot of dressage-a very adequate test and we were very pleased with a score of 37.6
onto the sjing which as firle always is, was buzzy and full of people and the added difficulty of the arena being full of trees
By this time 17:34pm her little 5 yr old legs were becoming weary or so she told us
So we are really hopeful that she will still make an eventer yet
