I jumped Frankie today

[jenbleep]

and yesterday.....just to see what he was like

I took him across the road to a jumping clinic, to be honest i was slightly nervous because I don't do much jumping, although i enjoy it, and Frankie hasn't done any since I have been riding him

I just wanted to concentrate on his flatwork

Lots of people around his old livery yard were like

If i said I wanted to jump Frankie - and they took delight in telling me a bunch of horror stories

Anyway he was FINE -

no sillyness, except a couple of mishaps where i had a crap trot into the jump and he jumped it with his legs out in front of him

but even when that happened and he drifted left to the nest jump he still jumped it

even though he jumped it about 4 foot

but i stayed on!! What can i say, my seat and balance have improved

Apparently I didn't give enough with my hands over some jumps, so everytime I came to a jump I'd just say to myself 'give hands' (I know, laugh at me all you want I am a saddo)

sometimes i do think that perhaps I'm not the rider for him, and he can be too much for me

because he can be quite tightly wound and tense, and it does worry me sometimes

but when saying all that I think we make a good little team

No pics

sorry, it was pouring down and i didn't get anyone to take any

But one of Team bleepers from Friday

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Look at his ears

and excuse how dirty he is

 

[Nats_uk]

Glad you enjoyed yourself - you deserve a nice time with him.

 

[jenbleep]

Thanks!

Such a shame really

but hey ho I need to take as much from him as I can, while I can

 

[bex1984]

glad it went well, I was wondering how you got on

 

[jenbleep]

Hi bex!

I was soooo happy with how he went, especially after everyone had written him off

needs lots of fine tuning but he has the right attitude

but again it makes me

 

[jumpthemoon]

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Lots of people around his old livery yard were like

If i said I wanted to jump Frankie - and they took delight in telling me a bunch of horror stories

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Sounds like a clear cut case of jealousy to me! They are obviously worried you will start to do better than them....

Glad you had a good time - jumping's fun when you've got a horse that doesn't want to throw you on the floor

PS...I say 'give hands..give hands' before every fence too, especially if I've not jumped for a while...(don't tell anyone though...!!

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[jenbleep]

hehe i won't tell

one of the stories i was told was that Frankie hit the wing, then bucked his rider off into an electric fence

mmm he obviously didn't have my balance

hehe

must remember 'give hands'

 

[frannieuk]

Glad you had a fab time Jen, but

no pictures!

 

[jenbleep]

I know I was

too! I've been riding for 8 years and have none of me jumping

the above pic, well I rode around for a bit afterwards and had a jump, got a pic of him jumping - with legs outstretched

thats what he did today........caught it on a wrong stride and flew it, nearly landed on it

well at least he tried to get over it

*I am not posting that pic because it is embarrassing, but you can imagine

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