Tarte Au Citron
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I know i dont post often but super proud of my baby pone after yesterday! It was a very last minute decision to go along with a friend (an hour before we set off!) as a space in her lorry unexpectedly became available, so after 2 days off since the physio off we trundled!
We entered the 65cm as we haven't been jumping very long after all her injuries she had. Oreo and her travel companion got a little overly attached so lots of neighing and unsettledness if one went out of sight, but they settled eventually. She coped extremely well in the warm up with everyone whizzing around at times so big pats already for that. Then after proving she's an honest horse by me being a numpty and getting duff strides into a couple of warm up fences we went in:eek3:! Well she was a star:biggrin3:! Did the first 2 perfect, nearly stopped at the 3rd but surprisingly clambered through at the last second lol, and completed the rest of the round really nicely to finish with one down
Video is here for all who want to watch (im not the best rider so please be kind ) http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/Adrienne_Marshall/media/MOV_0601_zps16a3e885.mp4.html
So with some encouragement and uncertainty i entered the 75cm :eek3:. Well i nearly had heart failure when i saw they put some orange fillers under the 3rd fence that we'd had trouble over and raised it - plus it all looked huge! Our time soon came and with some misgivings in we went....she flew over the first and second really nicely but the third one was just too scary for her and we got eliminated for too many refusals. They let me carry on so i did the double (which had a filler in) and the 5th, and ended it there as i didn't think she'd go over the next with a scary filler and it was more important to end on a good note. To be fair to her i havent managed to jump any fillers since she was 4 (now 6)! So i couldnt blame her at all, she had done so well in the 65 and been extremely honest most of the time, all in all i couldnt be happier with her plus the day proved my baby has some scope
Video of first few fences (again be kind i was scared here!) http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/Adrienne_Marshall/media/MOV_0607_zps8c55e2c9.mp4.html
We entered the 65cm as we haven't been jumping very long after all her injuries she had. Oreo and her travel companion got a little overly attached so lots of neighing and unsettledness if one went out of sight, but they settled eventually. She coped extremely well in the warm up with everyone whizzing around at times so big pats already for that. Then after proving she's an honest horse by me being a numpty and getting duff strides into a couple of warm up fences we went in:eek3:! Well she was a star:biggrin3:! Did the first 2 perfect, nearly stopped at the 3rd but surprisingly clambered through at the last second lol, and completed the rest of the round really nicely to finish with one down
Video is here for all who want to watch (im not the best rider so please be kind ) http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/Adrienne_Marshall/media/MOV_0601_zps16a3e885.mp4.html
So with some encouragement and uncertainty i entered the 75cm :eek3:. Well i nearly had heart failure when i saw they put some orange fillers under the 3rd fence that we'd had trouble over and raised it - plus it all looked huge! Our time soon came and with some misgivings in we went....she flew over the first and second really nicely but the third one was just too scary for her and we got eliminated for too many refusals. They let me carry on so i did the double (which had a filler in) and the 5th, and ended it there as i didn't think she'd go over the next with a scary filler and it was more important to end on a good note. To be fair to her i havent managed to jump any fillers since she was 4 (now 6)! So i couldnt blame her at all, she had done so well in the 65 and been extremely honest most of the time, all in all i couldnt be happier with her plus the day proved my baby has some scope
Video of first few fences (again be kind i was scared here!) http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/Adrienne_Marshall/media/MOV_0607_zps8c55e2c9.mp4.html