Most memorable competition photo and why, most likes to win

[oldie48]

Competitions to finish by Sunday 14th Feb, so get looking through those photos. It's a very grey day here.
Not entered but Heythrop Open PC HT. Pony didn't do ditches when we bought him and this fence has a massive one, hence the big smile!

 

[Cloball]

I shared/ loaned this pony with two other friends which was a great way to do it with non horsey parents. This was my first show with her and everyone else was away on holiday so I got to pretend she was all mine for one day. We came last in the show pony class and 5th with a double clear in the show jumping and got to do a lap of honour. She was perfect all day despite reversing into the ring ? and I felt so confident and proud. My whole family came.and they didn't come to many others after this

We only went to one other show as we didn't have transport and she was wild (long story).

 

[vmac66]

I thought we'd done really badly in a, dressage competition. We came 3rd out of about 10.

 

[Ample Prosecco]

Amber being very Amberish at a BE80. She makes an 80cm spread look like it's more or less knee height!

 

[iknowmyvalue]

This was at PC90 area champs in 2015. It was the biggest course we’d ever jumped, I felt sick walking the XC. There was also a skinny in the middle of the water complex, we’d never jumped a jump in water and she used to have an issue with skinnies. She flew round double clear on a brilliant dressage, first time she’d ever gone clear inside the time SJ, despite her slightly useless and terrified rider just sitting there like a wet fish. When we crossed the finish XC having gone clear, I was crying, my dad was crying, my trainer was crying...

it had taken 4 years, a lot of literal blood, sweat and tears, and a particularly nasty trainer (who we never went back to) telling a 14yo girl that she should get her horse shot and sent for meat, and get her parents to buy something decent, but I honestly wouldn’t have changed this horse for the world. I’ll never forget the feeling she gave me that day


(We didn’t get placed because previously mentioned useless rider forgot the XC course and took a rather scenic route round one of the fields, so we got time faults, but I didn’t care about that)

 

[blodwyn1]

my mare of a lifetime now living a life of luxury in retirement. This was a HOYs qualifier ridden by a 12 year old. Rhythm strutted her stuff and at 13.3 on her tiptoes she was ,5th out of 17 section D judged by the late Michael Shatpley. My proudest moment.

 

[oldie48]

bumped

 

[TwyfordM]

She was a marmite Welshie for showing, judges either loved or hated her.
So when she absolutely cleaned up at one show winning several classes that would have to be the most memorable ?

 

[ycbm]

My avatar, the drop was over 7 feet, the spread was biiig, it was the first really humongous fence I ever jumped, I can remember the thrill now many years later.

 

[oldie48]

My avatar, the drop was over 7 feet, it was the first really humongous fence I ever jumped, I can remember the thrill now many years later.

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Bloody hell, where was that?

 

[ycbm]

Bloody hell, where was that?

Storeton Hall on the Wirral. BE call that a Novice fence ? My horse had the heart of a lion, I broke him myself, we didn't have the time or the money to do much training, and we learned together. It was also his first ever double clear and BE points.

 

[scats]

Mine and Divas first dressage competition. It was just an intro, but I think the look on my face says it all. This picture sums our relationship up, she would do anything to make me happy.

 

[silv]

 

[SibeliusMB]

This is Soon, he was my heart horse for several years. We had an unbelievable journey together and he was truly remarkable and saved my life. This photo was from our last show together, he passed away from colic shortly thereafter. ?

 

[shortstuff99]

My old mare, who passed away last year. I was never a very brave jumping and I completed this 3DE (including roads and tracks etc) on my dressage score (one of only three to do so)! She just had so much heart that I thought we could jump anything.

 

[Evie91]

I’m not a very good judge just liked them all! Great stories,enjoyed reading- I’m definitely from the school of thought that it’s not the winning but the taking part that counts!

 

[Rumtytum]

Really going to lower the tone now... ?.
I was 63 with less than a year of lessons, ‘my’ RS horse was 17, it was the uneducated riding the unwilling in Intro B. When we came 3rd the decades fell away and I was teleported back to the 10 year old from a very poor family living the dream I never could have imagined would come true. Riding a pony and a rosette ?

 

[TRECtastic]

TREC GB championships 2012, Fife Scotland.
Our first time doing level 3 at GBs
This drop on the PTV was massive! I remember thinking don't look down, just don't look down ?
Thrilled we manged it, and topped off by finishing in 2nd place

 

[Shysmum]

You need to slow down, so many "best of" posts at a time !

 

[windand rain]

This photo was taken just before she was tacked up for a HOYS qualifier it is very special to me because she was entered to give her novice rider a go at county showing, she got one of the highest ride marks although being tiny went against her in he conformation marks. She was also a good 8 years oder than the next oldest in the class She finished just out of the top 10 in a class of about 45. My dear friend took the photo