Fog stops Fun at Askham Bryan Horse Trials

[teacups]

Super report shame about XC , I used to live near AB and one winter the fog lasted a week so can imagine what it was like. Will expect reports next year from you plus you will have to do some winter events to keep us entertained.

We were in York that day and the fog started to lift by 12.30, and it was a glorious sunny afternoon. If only they'd known...

Edited to add: forgot to say what a great report! Very funny, great writing.

 

[LittleRooketRider]

just fabulous **wiping copious amounts of spluttered tea from screen of laptop**
please do more as and when possible "The nail vanish of shame" ..love it

"Big Horse however reached in to the back of the truck to find my longest dressage whip and went in search of the organisers, wearing his grimmest expression." ..the mental image that made my day

 

[kathantoinette]

Fab report, well done - had me laughing on this glum Monday morning. Thank you for sharing.

 

[ArcticFox]

you must write more reports! you entertained me over my coffee break! thanks

 

[Clodagh]

Brilliant! Loved it.
Shame about the fog.

 

[Happy Hunter]

ah hahaha! nail varnish of shame! haha!
Very good all round.

 

[Rosiefan]

What a day and good luck with getting Big Horse to believe you next time you go on a dressage outing. Interesting re the pooing, Stan does this before he goes out and in the lorry and when we arrive much to Rosie's disgust so we have to go everywhere armed with wet sponges.
By the way, you do realise you'll be in big trouble if you don't write lots more reports for us

 

[Bills]

Brilliantly written! Really made me chuckle! Well done on the first 2 phases, shame the xc was cancelled but better be safe than sorry

 

[LouisCat]

Great report

 

[claracanter]

Lovely report, very funny. I hope you can take Big Horse out over the winter so we can read some more. Love the fog light/horn debacle.

However, you do commit one of the sins of HHO'ers and make out your stressage is abysmal and then get a score in the twenties. God knows how you do that. When I think I do an absymal test, I do. I get 44.

 

[Fun Times]

Well as everyone has been so super supportive I hereby vow to drag the Big Horse out over winter in order to produce more reports. And when I inform him at 6.30 am on a pitch dark freezing cold morning that I have woken him up in order that he can go to dressage I fully expect to be reporting to you that I am sporting a new horseshoe shaped brand on my derriere.
Claracanter, in response to your post it was more the warm up that was woeful this time. I felt like I was trying to steer a freight train around tescos. And I mean a tesco metro, not a proper big one. Then he goes into the arena, enters at A and flashes the judge a big cheesy grin. At C he blows her a kiss, turns left and winks over his shoulder. By the end of the test he has scored 362.5 for paces, submission and general sexiness and I get a minus 472 for riding like a div on the basis my arms fell off twenty minutes ago trying to go round tescos. Hey ho, better that way round I guess!

 

[claracanter]

That's hysterical........love it.

 

[Muddyboots]

Now stalking you! Brilliant report!!

 

[Fun Times]

Ha ha, good. It makes me feel like one of the popular kids at school. Or at least how I imagine those kids would have felt. Just before they took the pi88 out of my long socks. Sigh.

 

[j1ffy]

Great report, I love your writing!! I hope the arms have recovered and look forward to your winter reports