Kal
Well-Known Member
A bit of a late report and may be long.
I headed off to the Hand for there all inclusive 4 day show (only i just went for the last 3 days).
FRIDAY - Got there wishing the rain would have eased off but no, it just came coming down. Our first class was the Discovery in the second ring by the road. The warm up was already becoming boggy and muddy as most of it was on grass although the ring was on a surface. So went in trying to get my last double clear and bless my horse he went clear for me and in the jump off, so came 4th
, got my last double clear
and because i came in the top 5, qualified for the final of the bronze tour on Sunday
I was then supposed to go in the 1.05m, but as it was the last class in the second ring and the ground was getting worse, so i put him im the 1m in the main ring instead. We just had 2 down in the jump off as i got a bit over excited and went a bit to fast
SATURDAY - After getting drenched on the first day, saturday was very windy. First class again was the discovery but in the main ring. Came to the first fence, i was a bit off stride and he was too busy looking at people and trying to frighten himself which made our stride even worse, anyway i pushed for a long one, he tried to put another short one in, crashed into the fence with his head down and me sliding down his neck to land on my feet, i was not impressed.
So took him in the 1.05m in the second ring, it was well up to height and a bit of a strong course. He jumped well just getting a pole down and one stop (my fault), which put me in a slightly better mood.
SUNDAY - This was the bronze tour final class which stood at 1.10m, we haven't jumped that high before. After walking the course the night before, i couldn't sleep all night worrying about the course. I was still a bit panicky going into the ring. He was really good and helped me out loads, he balloned over most of the fences, just had 2 down as numpty rider got striding wrong again and it was a related distance line and got the second and third fences wrong.
But i'm sooooo please with how our first 1.10m went and out of 16 riders only 2 went clear.
Thank You for reading and sorry if it's a bit long.
I headed off to the Hand for there all inclusive 4 day show (only i just went for the last 3 days).
FRIDAY - Got there wishing the rain would have eased off but no, it just came coming down. Our first class was the Discovery in the second ring by the road. The warm up was already becoming boggy and muddy as most of it was on grass although the ring was on a surface. So went in trying to get my last double clear and bless my horse he went clear for me and in the jump off, so came 4th
I was then supposed to go in the 1.05m, but as it was the last class in the second ring and the ground was getting worse, so i put him im the 1m in the main ring instead. We just had 2 down in the jump off as i got a bit over excited and went a bit to fast
SATURDAY - After getting drenched on the first day, saturday was very windy. First class again was the discovery but in the main ring. Came to the first fence, i was a bit off stride and he was too busy looking at people and trying to frighten himself which made our stride even worse, anyway i pushed for a long one, he tried to put another short one in, crashed into the fence with his head down and me sliding down his neck to land on my feet, i was not impressed.
So took him in the 1.05m in the second ring, it was well up to height and a bit of a strong course. He jumped well just getting a pole down and one stop (my fault), which put me in a slightly better mood.
SUNDAY - This was the bronze tour final class which stood at 1.10m, we haven't jumped that high before. After walking the course the night before, i couldn't sleep all night worrying about the course. I was still a bit panicky going into the ring. He was really good and helped me out loads, he balloned over most of the fences, just had 2 down as numpty rider got striding wrong again and it was a related distance line and got the second and third fences wrong.
But i'm sooooo please with how our first 1.10m went and out of 16 riders only 2 went clear.
Thank You for reading and sorry if it's a bit long.
