Rambo
Well-Known Member
Well, we decided to go to GC on saturday for their first indoor BSJA of the season....despite the early torrential rain it turned out to be a nice day, and stayed dry throughout
Trike jumped the British Novice and produced a lovely clear round over what felt like a fairly small track. They must have realised this when 10 horses went through to the JO as they upped it a fair bit. Anyway, we were drawn last to go, and were going great guns until he lost a bit of impulsion turning to the penultimate fence, broke into trot, and the merest of rubs was enough to bring the pole down
So, 4 faults but he went really well, and would have finished 2nd if the fence had stayed up
I decided that one class was enough for him and so we sat out the Discovery....and i'm glad we did ! It was the biggest Disco i've seen, and being 2-phase was really tight as well as being right up to height
Bo jumped the 1.05m Open. Again, they built a very big 2-phase track, which felt more like a 1.10m with a bigger JO
Anyway, we had a really annoying stop at the 2nd fence. I don't think Bo was really ready for the fences to come up quite so quickly after a summer of outdoor jumping so it took him (and me) by surprise lol! We came to it again, and he just moved up a gear and proceeded to jump the best round he has in a very long time
Never felt like touching anything and was really taking me to the fences. *Hopefully* he now has his confidence back
After thinking long and hard, I decided to leave it at that and so didn't jump the 1.10m. Better to finish the day on a positive
So, we didn't win anything, but both horses jumped really well, and it's looking good for the rest of the indoor season
Trike jumped the British Novice and produced a lovely clear round over what felt like a fairly small track. They must have realised this when 10 horses went through to the JO as they upped it a fair bit. Anyway, we were drawn last to go, and were going great guns until he lost a bit of impulsion turning to the penultimate fence, broke into trot, and the merest of rubs was enough to bring the pole down
Bo jumped the 1.05m Open. Again, they built a very big 2-phase track, which felt more like a 1.10m with a bigger JO
After thinking long and hard, I decided to leave it at that and so didn't jump the 1.10m. Better to finish the day on a positive
So, we didn't win anything, but both horses jumped really well, and it's looking good for the rest of the indoor season
