LEC
Opinions are like bum holes, everyone has one.
Drove to the David Broome Centre yesterday for Mount Ballan. Walked the course first of all as had time impressions to me is that it was cleverly designed as looked straightforward but it shared most of the same fences as the novice so was well up to height and had some clever lines that needed riding.
Did up the horse for dressage and the prat stood on his other front shoe and pulled it cleanly off. Now I remember why he does not have 2 studs in! So once ready had to get it put back on.
Warmed up for dressage and it was held on a surface in the main arena. My horses eyes were on stalks as so much to spook at. He eventually settled and did for me a nice test I guessed 38 and it came out at 40. Judge was pretty harsh in the section as most people in 35+.
SJ is held in the main grass arena and again my horse was not concentrating and spooking at all the ditches held for the jumping derbies in the ground and stopped at first fence. Well that woke him up and after that jumped a nice round with an unlucky 2 down another where he was too busy looking at banners. He is such a spooky sod at best of times.
XC he was really up for it and jogging around warm up so now he really has got the idea of what he needs to do! He jumped well and a few we crawled over but he jumped clear so was delighted. Managed to pick up 0.8 of a time fault but we did trot over the skinnys so can forgive myself for that.
Overall we came half way but 9 horses were eliminated on xc and 7 horses had xc faults so it has made me even more pleased as the winter will be spent doing BSJA and dressage which at the moment we are crap at!
Did up the horse for dressage and the prat stood on his other front shoe and pulled it cleanly off. Now I remember why he does not have 2 studs in! So once ready had to get it put back on.
Warmed up for dressage and it was held on a surface in the main arena. My horses eyes were on stalks as so much to spook at. He eventually settled and did for me a nice test I guessed 38 and it came out at 40. Judge was pretty harsh in the section as most people in 35+.
SJ is held in the main grass arena and again my horse was not concentrating and spooking at all the ditches held for the jumping derbies in the ground and stopped at first fence. Well that woke him up and after that jumped a nice round with an unlucky 2 down another where he was too busy looking at banners. He is such a spooky sod at best of times.
XC he was really up for it and jogging around warm up so now he really has got the idea of what he needs to do! He jumped well and a few we crawled over but he jumped clear so was delighted. Managed to pick up 0.8 of a time fault but we did trot over the skinnys so can forgive myself for that.
Overall we came half way but 9 horses were eliminated on xc and 7 horses had xc faults so it has made me even more pleased as the winter will be spent doing BSJA and dressage which at the moment we are crap at!
