Highs and lows of your season

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at little bored at work. So what are your highs and low's, here's mine:

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Highs - defo coming 2nd & 9th at BRC Nationals, and then doing 3rd ever HT at WWEC and doing a beautiful clear, point, lock on and hold on
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Lows - current having remedial shoeing
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but farrier doing his best for gg can't ask for more


Big one
hunting well, sj jumping nicely and currently having no major health issues!

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Lows
Getting beaten up in trailer by other horse and now NOT going into trailer, will hopefull sort over winter


And a defo high my new kittens in siggie, love them to pieces, kitten olypmics every nite at mo
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Highs - getting my 4 clears XC at Novice with fewer than 16 faults SJ to qualify me for novice 2 day, moving my horse up to Novice in the first place, jumping a 1.10 open BSJA class with only 2 down.

Lows - having catastrophic brake failure at PN and jumping out of the water over the ropes and falling on my head at my first Novice at Goring having done a decent dressage and only had 1 down SJ - doh!
 
Oh this should be a intresting post
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Highs with Sicco
3rd at BD regionals
Winning Ind and Teams at Area 14 dressage Open Jnr
Being placed in top 6 in 5/6 ODEs
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Lows
Having real problem getting Sicco over his wolf teeth removal (cant blame hime tho
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Couple of annoying falls
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Highs - winning my 2nd ever BD Elementary on my fluffy Connemara, and also going on to win another one after that. Also staying over at Manor Farm with Finn McCoul and having a great weekend!

Lows - fluffy Connemara now has breathing problems and laminitis and I'm not too sure what the future holds for us.
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that's good about novice
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, mmm you bounce then
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Not as much as I used to - wrote off a Gatehouse HS1 hat and was in not inconsiderable pain for about 2 weeks, then did most of Monmouth novice XC at a SJ canter due to extreme fear on my part LOL! Never hurt myself that much falling off before, even when the mad mare went over backwards with me!
 
Highs:

My first 'title' - Petplan Novice Open National Champion 2007
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(with Bloss)
World Class Equine Pathway selection day with Archie
Bloss taking first time and now happily in foal
82% in YH Class with Archie, highest mark of the day and lovely write up in H&H

Lows:

All the times Archie has been a total little git with me
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Highs

5th ON at Cleobury Mortimer.
XC rounds at Cleobury , Withington, and Gatcombe

Lows

Having a stop XC country at Barbury and then finding out Ed was anaemic

Putting Ed on loan
 
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Winning and being placed 3rd on a dressage of 30 at two one day events, actually completing a sjing round (wa doubtful at beginning of season!!)

Lows

Goddy being lame at end of season, being elim at events at beginning of season in the SJing!
 
OOOOOOOOOOOOO but you still carry on, but it does teach you to apply super glue at bit thicker
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, but i'm sure we all have got t-shirt collection on unavoidable visits to the ground, i defo have
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I blooming finished the course at the time too! (once we'd caught him and I'd convinced the medics to let me!) It really was unavoidable - I posted the video of it on here as LEC was filming me!
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Highs with Lou - winning our last 4 elementary's and qualifying for the regionals, exceeding my expectations in our first medium and getting our first little mention in H&H (also all the great stuff Katie books for us like x country clinics, etc) High with Eric getting 67% in a novice test, thought it would be a long time before he was calm and consistent enough to achieve a score like that.
Have been very lucky with low points, no serious ones just the usual feeling like the world is going to end if I feel like i haven't ridden well haha. But overall this year has definitely been a high for me with great horses to ride and compete that I absolutely love riding and spending time with
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This could be interesting!!! As per usual I have had nothing but LOWS really or that is how it feels!!
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Start with the highs inc pic!
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Highs

Having the ride on the wonderful Mac, doing well at JAS, being placed 3rd at Great Witchingham Intro and coming 2nd in a Novice dressage test having only ever done SJing

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Spider coming 3rd at Borde Hill - she felt amazing here and its because of here I wont give up on her! Also double clear at Poplar Park Intro and just 2 stops in her 1st PN at Hambledon but gd dress and only 2 down SJing (her 1st SJ course this big!)
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Also many clears SJing at BE events this year then ive ever had! With Spider, Mac and Connor.

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Also Spider and Cruz doing well at dressage this yr especially Spider
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Also getting my puppy and new horse Dexter
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And the Lucinda Green clinic I arranged actually went ahead after all the stress it caused me!!
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Lows

Connor fractured his cheekbone - then due to bolshy ness went which was a real shame as he was a lovely horse just to much of him.
Spider eliminated XC at Tweseldown at number 1 - cue tears!
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Mac went - still miss him
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Fell off at Little Downham to finish the season off poop
Broke my collar bone at LG clinic so didnt even get to do my 2nd lesson
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Am feeling more positive now with both horses going well so heres hoping for a better 2008!
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Tinto:

Highs - Getting his BE novice clears to qualify for a 2 day. Recently jumping his second Foxhunter and coming 3rd
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And him just being his usual superstar self!
Lows - Landing oddly on a big trakhener at the second novice of the year which then scared him a bit for a few after (got eliminated at the trakhener at Scone and had a crap round at Burgie International which just wasnt like him!). Luckily back on track
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But thoroughly peed off at our last novice of the year - Wee Burgie where he put in a fantastic double clear, only to then find out that Id jumped the wrong part of a corner due to HORRIFIC (IMO) flagging so TE!!

Shadow:

Highs - Getting clear round his very first BE Intro! AND without the most time penalties in the class! AND the fact that he finally seems to be growing up! And his ride-ability show jumping has improved greatly.
Lows - Him practically destroying the trailer on 2 occassions. Behaved horrifically at his first Intro (aboves high!) as Id taken another horse with him so he reared up quite a few times whilst tied at the trailer getting his hoof caught on the wheel arch, cutting himself and scraping it. As well as smashing a tail light. The second time was IN the trailer. We hadn't had a "lets jump over the breast bar" incident for about 2 years however I stupidly offered to take a friends horse to a lesson with him, dropped the horse off and carried on. He instantly lept over the bar - took 3 of us to eventually get his entire body weight off the bar and get him out
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High's every lesson we are seeing am improvement in Miss Attitude, started XC this year and a little green but loving it.
Lows - throwing her toys out of her pram when in the ring and being eliminated or adding stupid time penalties on the XC cause she is again throwing her toys out. 2008 may be will be our year???
 
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you've had awesome season
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and archie's does have only LITTLE horns really
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Dont joke, ask M_M, shes felt his devil horns!! - He really does have two little bumps on his head where horns would go
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Next time i see you out and about il show them too you!!
 
oooooooooooo i'm scared now, as he was such a sweetie when i saw him (apart from what he did to your mother), i could had loaded him into trailer very quickly
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Highs - Getting Dolly and having a few shows of fun and success.

Lows - realising that I had been sold an absolute cripple and doing nothing at all for the rest of the year.
 
Highs:
Qualifying for the BD Winter 2009 Regionals.
Totally thrashing my 66% dressage mark (72.3% is the best so far
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Being placed in top three at most of the competitions this year.

Lows:
Losing my 5 year old following cronic lameness issues
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Other than the one major blow at the beginning of this year, I seem to have finally stopped having the worst possible luck all the time. (Touch wood it doesn't change now I've said that.
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Highs:

Going PN (!!!) when I thought I would be stuck at Intro for ever

Going XC at Sapey (except for our little problem at the water...), West Wilts, and Monmouth - esp the last one - Josh is SO AWESOME, I just love him
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Lows:

SJ at all of the above cos I am rubbish at it
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And getting eliminated at Broadway at our last event of the season - still makes me REALLY
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thinking about it now....
 
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Henry competing in our first Intermediaire 1 and actually winning it! (faint!)

Getting the ride on Rhiannon, qualifying and placing at the Summer Regionals at Open Novice and Elementary. Now qualified for Winter Regionals at Open Elementary and Medium and the same levels in the Music classes.

Spider coming 3rd in the 2yr old colts class at the BD Breeding show at Addington, being awarded a BEF First Premium and being such a good boy to be backed.
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Can't think of any really...........it's been a pretty good season.
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This year lots of highs[worry because life is cruel]
1] Rafi, Winning Spillers comb training qualifier but then he was badly injured just before champs and had not had a chance to practice jumping [he was only 4] so had a few sticky moments around the course but nice to finish.

2] Penfold qualifying for intro regionals but then dressage became very tense and his sj became a nightmare.Luckily I met Partoow on here and Tempi told me about global herbs and Horse mag gave me a lesson with Steven Smith and he came 2nd at regional and 6th in championship.Then trying a novice at Gatcombe and just one sj down.

3]Rafi qualifying for so many dressage regionals and championships and winning his arena at BRC champs coming 4th at DTM BRC champs.Even though I forgot my test and had a paddy about it.LOL

This year has been our best ever and so much to look forward to.Watch out though just as you are enjoying life it catches you out
 
Pants season really...
Highs - Having a wonderful day at Goring Heath OPN and absolutley flying round the course (dont ask about the dressage!)
Doing really well dressage with my sisters mad horse - hes becoming a real star.

Lows - where shall I begin!!
Lorry breaking down for 2 months
Horse being lame for a while
Weather and event cancellations
and finally- breaking my leg last week so wont be riding for 4 months

hmmm...heres hoping things go a bit better next year!
 
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Henry competing in our first Intermediaire 1 and actually winning it! (faint!)

Getting the ride on Rhiannon, qualifying and placing at the Summer Regionals at Open Novice and Elementary. Now qualified for Winter Regionals at Open Elementary and Medium and the same levels in the Music classes.

Spider coming 3rd in the 2yr old colts class at the BD Breeding show at Addington, being awarded a BEF First Premium and being such a good boy to be backed.
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Can't think of any really...........it's been a pretty good season.
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Now that is an outstanding season - well done!!! Now would you mind wafting some good luck in this direction please!
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Highs - Getting training with Polly Jackson, doing first ODE with Rock, getting Bria jumping and behaving herself, learning so much from each horse I had this year

Lows - Rocks getting ill, my fall in april which i'm still suffering from, so many cancelled events
 
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