MissDeMeena
Well-Known Member
As you know i was rung up out the blue the other night and asked if i was free to ride two horses in the PN at Moreton today.. one of them had done a few PNs before, the other was a first timer!
I managed to get over to have a sit on them once before the event
and came away REALLY liking the baby, he just felt like he was on springs.. the other one felt sweet enough, like it knew its job, but i was a bit worried about its SJing, as it liked to touch everything it jumped, and it's SJing record wasn't good in the past...
So, turn up at the event, and worry about finding the owners, as i don't know what sort of transport they have, and didn't have a mob. no. for them.. bit stupid i know!
Anyway, we were early enough to drive round the lorry park, work out that they wern't there yet, and park up by the entrance to see if we could recognise them as they drove in
So, the gray is up first (the older horse) and he felt like he was a right goody 4 shoes in the dressage!
tucked his nose in and did exactly as he was told in exactly the right place
a really sweet test to get a 34, which was pretty good in the section
I then had 1hr before the chestnut (the baby) so hoped and prayed that it wasn't a long course, as this was the only time to walk it, so dashed round the course, (in 25mins) and was back in time to hop on the chestnut to warm up for the dressage..
To try and explain how much i like this horse.. after i went and sat on it i came home and have tried to get a group of 4 together to try and buy it.. it's what i call a 'proper' horse, not something to play with, but something that i think in the right hands could be 2* by the end of next season.. (i should add, that i is 7yrs old now, but i say baby, as it's younger than the other one, and has done nothing)...
This is only its second party outing.. so although it came out a bit tense it soon settled to produce some lovely work in the warm-up... however, we then moved from the warm-up field to the dressage field and his eyes came out on stalks again, and he never settled
so he did a fairly tense test for a score of 39, which was a fair score!
Quick change around, and off to the SJing with the gray.. i soon learnt that in order for him to clear a jump (rather than nock it down) you had to keep hold of him with your leg at all time!!
This seemed to work, and we came out with only 1 down
owner was rather shocked and pleased (he was too nervous to actually come and watch
)
Then another quick change around and onto the chestnut.. i was really looking forwards to this..
once again his eyes were out on stalks, he jumped the practice fence ok, although knocked it down a few times..
Anyway, we got in there and i guess his mind was just not on the job, as he had 4 down...
I've made up 1000xs of excuses as to why he had these fences down, which i wont bore you with now (as i already seem to be writing an essay
)
Straight back onto the gray and we trot down to the XC and almost start straight away (after a quick hello to a certain HHO member whos usually found at most BE starts
)
He gave me a GREAT ride!! like riding someones PC schoolmaster!! it really was fun to ride something that felt so push button XC (after having to kick and boot Orla so much
).. he finished clear with-in the time
Yet another quick change, and i'm trotting straight back to the start on the chestnut..
To cut this essay short, he too went clear with-in the time.. and felt every bit as classy as i wanted him to feel!!
The gray ended up coming 6th, his best BE placing to date
and the chestnut ended up 18th, although if he'd managed a clear SJing he would have been 8th
So the opinion i need is this... am i right to keep going in getting some people together to buy this horse, cos i truely think the SJing can be worked on.. i've pretty much got 3 people interested already, and will work on the 4th on Monday.. although the 4th will be the trickey one, esp. when they hear it had 4 down SJing...
Sorry for such a long one!!!!
I managed to get over to have a sit on them once before the event
So, turn up at the event, and worry about finding the owners, as i don't know what sort of transport they have, and didn't have a mob. no. for them.. bit stupid i know!
Anyway, we were early enough to drive round the lorry park, work out that they wern't there yet, and park up by the entrance to see if we could recognise them as they drove in
So, the gray is up first (the older horse) and he felt like he was a right goody 4 shoes in the dressage!
I then had 1hr before the chestnut (the baby) so hoped and prayed that it wasn't a long course, as this was the only time to walk it, so dashed round the course, (in 25mins) and was back in time to hop on the chestnut to warm up for the dressage..
To try and explain how much i like this horse.. after i went and sat on it i came home and have tried to get a group of 4 together to try and buy it.. it's what i call a 'proper' horse, not something to play with, but something that i think in the right hands could be 2* by the end of next season.. (i should add, that i is 7yrs old now, but i say baby, as it's younger than the other one, and has done nothing)...
This is only its second party outing.. so although it came out a bit tense it soon settled to produce some lovely work in the warm-up... however, we then moved from the warm-up field to the dressage field and his eyes came out on stalks again, and he never settled
Quick change around, and off to the SJing with the gray.. i soon learnt that in order for him to clear a jump (rather than nock it down) you had to keep hold of him with your leg at all time!!
This seemed to work, and we came out with only 1 down
Then another quick change around and onto the chestnut.. i was really looking forwards to this..
once again his eyes were out on stalks, he jumped the practice fence ok, although knocked it down a few times..
Anyway, we got in there and i guess his mind was just not on the job, as he had 4 down...
I've made up 1000xs of excuses as to why he had these fences down, which i wont bore you with now (as i already seem to be writing an essay
Straight back onto the gray and we trot down to the XC and almost start straight away (after a quick hello to a certain HHO member whos usually found at most BE starts
He gave me a GREAT ride!! like riding someones PC schoolmaster!! it really was fun to ride something that felt so push button XC (after having to kick and boot Orla so much
Yet another quick change, and i'm trotting straight back to the start on the chestnut..
To cut this essay short, he too went clear with-in the time.. and felt every bit as classy as i wanted him to feel!!
The gray ended up coming 6th, his best BE placing to date
So the opinion i need is this... am i right to keep going in getting some people together to buy this horse, cos i truely think the SJing can be worked on.. i've pretty much got 3 people interested already, and will work on the 4th on Monday.. although the 4th will be the trickey one, esp. when they hear it had 4 down SJing...
Sorry for such a long one!!!!
