Pidge
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Ok so if youre sitting comfortably then Ill begin
So after a long haul since Pidge was diagnosed with Hock Spavin we have finally come through the other end. He is now off the bute entirely and has had the ok from the vets to resume all work, taking care on hard ground of course. So had a trip out to Somerford Park the other weekend and did a few small jumps and had 2 gallops.
Was local Riding Club show over the weekend and last month I could not jump so yesterday decided to have a go at the working hunter and small SJ classes.
Did the Working Hunter Style and Appearance and came 2nd out of 2.
Disastrous jumping as I was nervous as it was slightly boggy ground and rode Pidge in his double bridle. Judge was extremely nice and helpful and let me just pop the jumps I wanted to. She also told me that in workers I can ride in a snaffle if I prefer so she held the Novice Working Hunter class up whilst I swapped bridles over.
Pidge went much better in this class but we still had an issue with a couple of fences as this was the first time in 4 months we have jumped SJ fences, so came 2nd out of 2 again. Judge says he is a very nice horse, I just have to ride him better I know I do and I am working hard on this
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Had a break and then took him in the 19 SJ class where we jumped clear
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Then onto the jump off, Pidge feeling very well so I as usual if I get into a JO thought lets go for it, and off we went. Just had fence 6 down which was more than likely my fault but he did everything I asked of him, flew when I asked him to and turned on a sixpence to fence 5 and jumped it from one stride
. This is me after the last but one fence, am I competitive? Surely not
and we flew over the last
We were fastest by over 2 seconds but came 6th in the end due to having 4 faults
, sis came 5th.
Because of how well he felt in this class I decided to do the 23 class as well and again he jumped well but we had 2 down so tied for 2nd place with sis and Sunny. I didnt want to JO as I thought he had done enough for one day so we shared 2nd place.
So came out with 3 2nds and a 6th so am chuffed to bits with Pidge
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Oh and just for the Sunny fans out there, who says cobs cant jump
Hacked him for 30 mins tonight and there is no sign of any lameness so fingers crossed he continues like this.
Just wanted to share my fab day and say to others going through Bone Spavin that there is life after diagnosis and thanks once again for all the support Ive had in the last couple of months from fellow HHO very much appreciated
So after a long haul since Pidge was diagnosed with Hock Spavin we have finally come through the other end. He is now off the bute entirely and has had the ok from the vets to resume all work, taking care on hard ground of course. So had a trip out to Somerford Park the other weekend and did a few small jumps and had 2 gallops.
Was local Riding Club show over the weekend and last month I could not jump so yesterday decided to have a go at the working hunter and small SJ classes.
Did the Working Hunter Style and Appearance and came 2nd out of 2.
Disastrous jumping as I was nervous as it was slightly boggy ground and rode Pidge in his double bridle. Judge was extremely nice and helpful and let me just pop the jumps I wanted to. She also told me that in workers I can ride in a snaffle if I prefer so she held the Novice Working Hunter class up whilst I swapped bridles over.
Pidge went much better in this class but we still had an issue with a couple of fences as this was the first time in 4 months we have jumped SJ fences, so came 2nd out of 2 again. Judge says he is a very nice horse, I just have to ride him better I know I do and I am working hard on this
Had a break and then took him in the 19 SJ class where we jumped clear
Then onto the jump off, Pidge feeling very well so I as usual if I get into a JO thought lets go for it, and off we went. Just had fence 6 down which was more than likely my fault but he did everything I asked of him, flew when I asked him to and turned on a sixpence to fence 5 and jumped it from one stride
and we flew over the last
We were fastest by over 2 seconds but came 6th in the end due to having 4 faults
Because of how well he felt in this class I decided to do the 23 class as well and again he jumped well but we had 2 down so tied for 2nd place with sis and Sunny. I didnt want to JO as I thought he had done enough for one day so we shared 2nd place.
So came out with 3 2nds and a 6th so am chuffed to bits with Pidge
Oh and just for the Sunny fans out there, who says cobs cant jump
Hacked him for 30 mins tonight and there is no sign of any lameness so fingers crossed he continues like this.
Just wanted to share my fab day and say to others going through Bone Spavin that there is life after diagnosis and thanks once again for all the support Ive had in the last couple of months from fellow HHO very much appreciated
