First weekend of October weekend plans!

[Accidental Eventer]

I know I am really early, but I actually have plans and I feel quite excited.

Today we are demo riding for someone doing their coaching qualification, so we are doing 2 xc sessions. I'm looking forward to playing on the xc a bit even though it wont be overly involved since it's not about me as such!

Tomorrow and Saturday we have a sj comp. I pretty much threw in the towel earlier this year when it stopped being fun and the nerves got way too much to handle and then I found myself really wanting to go and do this comp. We are doing 60 and 70 and the aim is to go, ride well and enjoy it without any pressure to jump bigger. Just ride well and trust the horse. I can do that!

Sunday I have a 10km race then we are going to a community fire education event. Then collapse in a heap from exhaustion!

 

[millitiger]

Not much for us this weekend.
We had a brilliant lesson this week and I am motivated to do lots of homework! I'd love to school every day but pony would not so I have to temper my enthusiasm.

We're having a few months off competing now so that we can do lots of training and strengthening and come back out at a higher level in December
I'm also thinking of getting some music done so we can have a crack at some freestyles too.

We did have a stone delivery so I will be moving field mats and hand balling stone into the gateways, necessary but not really fun work!

Have fun all

 

[QuantockHills]

i'm off to the Grange Equestrain Centre in Devon... first winter arena TREC competion of the season. Quite a drive for me... about 1 3/4 hours..

 

[Accidental Eventer]

I had my work cut out for me today, Henry was very on his toes. Bless him he does just get on with it though and was looking for the next fence at the end, willing to jump anything! He’s such a good egg even when he’s far too fresh!

Hopefully he got all his energy out for tomorrow!

 

[Kirstd33]

Lots of hacking planned, both on my own coblet who is still in rehab and starting to go a little further and a little faster with some very short straight line canters, and then also on a friends gorgeous orange OTTB boy who I haven't ridden for a month or so but on whom I'm gonna head out with his owner on her other mahoosive OTTB and my daughter on her perfect grey ID.
Really looking forward to that as the hacking is immense and the horses fabulous.
It'll be bittersweet as, as much as I know envy is the thief of joy I do go away from these hacks, after riding this gorgeous 15.3 muscled TB with his ground covering trot and whooshing 20 mile/hr gallop wishing my little furry coblet was a little bigger and a heap more athletic!!

 

[CastlelackSportHorses]

Off to the UK(Birmingham) for a heavy metal gig!
Next few weekends are none horsey so the girls are having a quarter season break

 

[Alibear]

Amber and I head to Sovereign tomorrow evening for a clinic on Saturday. Then it's their last show of the season on Sunday.
I've no idea when I will be able to turn her from living out mud monster back into a shiny show pony, but it will happen.

 

[Ample Prosecco]

SJ on Lottie on Sat and stressage on Sunday. Good luck and have fun everyone.

 

[Chiffy]

Anyone going to the PetPlan Dressage Championships at Arena UK this weekend?
My daughter and her ROR mare are in the Bronze Prelim and the Dressage to Music. This is their last outing at the level as she already has started in Novice and has points and J has been upgraded to a Silver rider.
Only started to do a bit of dressage as she didn’t take to eventing, however having been treated for ulcers, she is now up and away with her jumping!
May stick with some dressage though as Cally is easily the best dressage horse we have had!
Long journey ahead tomorrow.

 

[Bernster]

Rain dependent ! I’m booked onto the south ox ride on Sunday.

 

[SEL]

Rain dependent ! I’m booked onto the south ox ride on Sunday.

Ditto! @SpotsandBays will be looking glamorous and Babycob will look like he's rolled out of a mud pit.

I'm not worried about riding in the rain but I'm really hoping the parking is ok

 

[J_sarahd]

Another horse viewing - a 5 year old 14.3/15hh connie. Thankfully, it’s an old friend who is selling him so I fully trust her as my experience horse shopping this time round has been… interesting…

 

[Ample Prosecco]

Love this pic of Lottie taken by a fellow livery last night. Not really a weekend thread pic but seemed silly to start a whole thread for it

 

[Michen]

Getting to know my new little fella, spending time with Boggle, going to a horse charity event tomorrow and some cocktails tonight to celebrate the end of a lonnnnng working week.

Enjoying the rest of the hot t shirt days which are soon on their way out!

 

[TheHairyOne]

Well, I was planning on sitting on my 3 year old for the first time, but he has come out the field with a fat leg today so someone told him he might have to grow up and he has decided not this weekend.

Nothing exciting and hacking with the coloured beast it is then.

 

[j1ffy]

I’m off on holiday for a week

Had a good lesson on Sammy yesterday though, working on getting him more engaged and snappier behind in canter to improve the changes.

 

[humblepie]

Well, I was planning on sitting on my 3 year old for the first time, but he has come out the field with a fat leg today so someone told him he might have to grow up and he has decided not this weekend.

Nothing exciting and hacking with the coloured beast it is then.

Oh no. Hope better soon

 

[SpotsandBays]

Ditto! @SpotsandBays will be looking glamorous and Babycob will look like he's rolled out of a mud pit.

I'm not worried about riding in the rain but I'm really hoping the parking is ok

Also worried about the parking. I’m hoping these past few days of dry sunnyish weather will have done the trick. The ground is perfect - hopefully the ponies will be too!

 

[millitiger]

Took 3yro up to the arena for the first time with his roller and bridle on. He probably hasn't done anything at all for 3 months and has lunged twice before in total.
He might be nearly 18hh but he just floats along, so light footed.

 

[AandK]

Little jump at home for the ginger one this morning, not jumped since mid August. He was fab! Getting the hang of approach in canter now so time to put them up a bit I think!

 

[tda]

Today a group of us have been to The Museum of the Horse in Newark, what a little gem of a place, a massive collection of horse paraphernalia, from all over the world, covering hundreds of years. Such a lovely lady who owns and runs it.
Would wholeheartedly recommend it for a day out , and a lovely cafe next door too

 

[Accidental Eventer]

Friday's showjumping was eventful! Our first round was lovely, jumped fence 4 then someone started putting a gazebo up next to the arena as we rode past. That obviously scared the pants off Henry. Once we got passed it, he jumped 5 and 6 fine and then stopped before 7 because the offending gazebo was back! Got him going and he finished well. Then our second round he went in and wasn't too worried, until the timing display fell over right in front of us when we presented to the judge. Obviously the ring was out to get us, and I couldn't get a good rhythm so decided to jump the first 2 and retire.

Saturday he was concerned about the ring, but didn't hold a grudge and jumped around clear for third. I was thrilled!

Todays race went super, I set a pb!

 

[Red-1]

My weekends are a lot less horsey then they used to be, but Friday was a horsey day with a trip to show BF Osberton. We walked some of the course, had ice cream, shopped, dogs had a good time... Then, we went home and rode out together. His 13th ever time on a horse and he cantered Rigs on a verge. Not for long, but it is a milestone. We just rode to the pub where he swapped to BH and rode him home, trotting in the stubble. My horses are saints!

Yesterday was a Parkrun. First for a while and I did OK. He ran with me instead of haring off, as he found it hard. I the afternoon, I did shopping and jobs!

This morning, I went for a swim in a cold lake. Did 800m in proper breastroke, as in face under, which is relatively new for me. Going to do jobs then off to a Thai massage!

 

[nikkimariet]

Pet plan champs for me!

Weds - inter 1 music. Wasn’t really our day! Rooni didn’t help me out but also I rode with my head elsewhere. So 3 big mistakes all on double collectives. We were top 5 and landed prize money still just not how I wanted to perform, my over thinking landed me a huge headache and my anxiety got the better of me so I skipped the unmounted prize giving (which was 2.5hr later) and had an early night.

Sat - inter 1 straight. I tried my absolute best to ride with conviction and determination. A few little bobbles from us both but Rooni was great and seemed to thoroughly enjoy being a showman in the morning sun and I was thoroughly chuffed with both of us before I even got my score.

I was really pleased to be placed first from two judges (even getting 8’s for my 2 and 3 time changes!), a little less pleased with 6th from the other BUT that’s dressage for you and it didn’t matter as we won anyway It was nerve wracking waiting from going first to watch the last score go up, especially on my own by that point (my lovely dad came with me to help but had to skip out for his social life lol).




He was - predictably - a nappy so and so for the prize giving and very firmly said NO to going in the arena and then again to going round first. His party trick through and through

We had a gorgeous canter hack in a beautiful sunrise this morning, he is due a little break end of the month and we are not back out for a few months now.

 

[Chiffy]

Thought I would pop back and report on the PetPlan Champs as this was a first for my daughter who has always been an Eventer!
Hardly up to nikkimariet standard she wasn’t competing till Sunday at Prelim level on her ROR 7yr old. First in at 10am in an enormous class that ran all day, they finished 10th. Well pleased with that . Just the mare coping with three arenas on the go and the tannoy announcing people non stop was an achievement!
She was then in the dressage to music indoors which I was able to watch on H&C tv. Two tiny mistakes, offering a wrong lead as her rider was waiting for the music, was luckily hardly noticed but one jog step in the walk was heavily penalised by one judge giving 4 for the whole walk phase!
Still a brilliant final result of 5th place, now onwards and upwards to the next level! Who would think that my eventing daughter would get hooked on dressage!

 

[humblepie]

sorry if not liked everyone's posts, but some super photos and days out. Well done @nikkimariet and @Chiffy 's daughter - fabulous results in huge class.

 

[Alibear]

Amber and I had a fun weekend. She was very well-behaved and chilled, and we had some lovely moments. One was a really nice left turn, and the other was a right 360 into a canter right, with me just lifting my head and looking forward to the cue to step out of the spin into a canter.
Sunday's show went well 4 wins, a third, and a fifth. The dreaded logs got us again in one pattern, and we nearly landed in a heap, hence the fifth place. She can storm around the new forest without tripping but logs in an arena catch her out.

 

[SpotsandBays]

Well done all!
Baby spots binned his halo before going to SOSR…

 

[nikkimariet]

Well done all!
Baby spots binned his halo before going to SOSR…

Great photo though I was secretly hoping the photographer got one of Rooni waving in the prize giving!

 

[SEL]

Well done all!
Baby spots binned his halo before going to SOSR…

He was a little ****!!!

But the photo is one to frame