First time XC!

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timbobs

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Went out with a friend today to a local XC course, only intending to hack around as it’s about 5miles and you can avoid all the jumps and maybe have a play in the water.

Ended up popping over a few small things and having a great time! Didn’t get it all on video but we had some great long canters/gallop and even had a play up and down steps.

I wasn’t sure how Ed would be as I haven’t taken him out in the lorry to have a gallop yet and thought he may think he was going racing again but he was such a superstar.

He’s only jumped 3 times before and I’ve never jumped an XC fence in my life so it’s not at all pretty or neat but we had so much fun!

[video=youtube_share;o9jdoGsnJJM]https://youtu.be/o9jdoGsnJJM[/video]
 
He looks lovely, glad you had fun, and what a good chap to pop over new stuff! Hope you can get out and do more stuff with him.

I went to a XC course opening with Lucinda Green the other day, and she was saying she always trots into every jump with a green horse, so they can have a good look at it, and they're less able to run out or stop as their hind legs are hitting the ground alternately rather than together, which I found very interesting.
 
Was this the Slades Farm opening? I really wanted to go along, but had to work! It looks like an amazing place.

So interesting about the trot- definitely something to keep in mind.
 
timbobs said:
Was this the Slades Farm opening? I really wanted to go along, but had to work! It looks like an amazing place.

So interesting about the trot- definitely something to keep in mind.
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Yes Slades Farm, it was a fab morning. I say if it's good enough for Lucinda, it's good enough for me haha.
 
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