Mr G's ROR journey

LPL said:
We did it! Our first mini ODE and we came 2nd (is what I should be saying). Brain fart meant I forgot which jumps we were doing and accidently did half the 80cm instead of the 70cm jumps. Whoops! But a 37 DC. Clever boy!!
Some vids - I'm absolutely horrified at my monstrous thighs. Beige jods really not the one.

https://youtu.be/pSyXXnMtwIM

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OI...behave about the beige jods...absolutely nothing wrong with them or YOU!

As for everything else...oh well, at least you know you can easily make the step up to 80cm now :)

My friends (husband and wife) both event...Husband totally missed out a jump on the 3* at Barbury last year, wife ripped it out of him...until she did the very same a few months later. It's gutting at the time, but always funny in the end :)

Well done, bet you're thrilled to bits :)
 
Ah!! How annoying. At least it's only an unaff 70cm Instead of a 3*! I'm ashamed to admit it's not the first time I've missed fences/gone the wrong way. I'm such a donut! I am absolutely thrilled. He's such a special boy I'm so excited about him.
 
LPL said:
Ah!! How annoying. At least it's only an unaff 70cm Instead of a 3*! I'm ashamed to admit it's not the first time I've missed fences/gone the wrong way. I'm such a donut! I am absolutely thrilled. He's such a special boy I'm so excited about him.
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Yeah, when Sam (the husband) did it...we didn't know until he looked at the board...everyone was gutted, but got back to the lorry, Teldon was being his usually ginger chilled out dude, the BBQ went on, the wine was opened and suddenly everything was okay :)

They're doing the CCI3* at Bramham this weekend, so really hoping they do well :)
 
So feeling inspired after the express ODE I decided to enter the full ODE at Northallerton in the 80cm class. During the week we had two lessons at our instructors yard and he was amazing on both the flat and jumping. On Friday we went in the school at home just to run through the dressage and he was a maniac. For some reason in our school at home he just cannot keep his knickers on! Never mind. We can only try our best.

So on Sunday we went to Northallerton where G did what felt like the worlds worst dressage for 36.5 and a really lovely comment from the judge. A beautiful SJ where we practiced what we did in our lesson - ride like Michael Jung and look like you do nothing - and it worked. He really figured it out for himself and jumped a lovely clear. Then XC it went a bit wrong. He had a green stop at the brightly coloured fence at 2 and I just lost him from there. We had a number of stops across the course where he was just a bit green. Luckily, being unaff we were allowed to finish. Just somewhat disappointing as I know he can do it. My fault for letting my guard down over the second fence. Going to take him to Epworth on Friday to have a look at some brightly painted fences then some more ROR showing on Sunday THEN it's the GYS! Then even more exciting our first BE at Breckenborough in the BE80. Busy couple of weeks!

Some pics:
He's finally put a bit of timber on
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Sleepy boy
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SJ

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XC
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last fence
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Bloody hell we actually won! Went to a local agricultural show yesterday which was running an ROR/TARRA class and we won in some strong company. I could not believe it! We have qualified for the Aintree Festival! So so proud of little G. He also pulled 4th in the riding horse class. Pics with permission from the very lovely Chameleon Photography.

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It has been a while since our last update! We missed the GYS due to G pulling a shoe and standing on the clips meaning he was lame for around 4 weeks! After that we went hacking around Swinsty reservoir with my dad :)

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Then we went rather unprepared to do some dressage where we were very pleased to come first!

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We won a £15 voucher with Pennine View Stud which I chose to spend on a lesson. Our lesson was absolutely amazing. Our instructor said that he should easily climb up the levels and when I said I'm scared of corners she said I don't need to worry as G has got the scope to jump the widest part of any corner up to intermediate! It's just so exciting when pros say things like this with a horse you have produced yourself. Especially on a bargain ex racer!

THEN he managed to get kicked in the head over the bank holiday and his nose bled for 3 days!!!! Vets weren't too worried although I had visions of bleeding to death in his stable. Thankfully he was fine!

Then we went show jumping at a local show. With some poor riding in the 75cm first class we had a silly stop and two down. A talk to myself and a kick up my arse and we got a lovely clear in the 85cm. I have decided I don't like jumping on grass any more!

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Then we went for some BE training up at Richmond EC with Louise Smales. It was by far the best xc lesson I have ever had! G was fantastic and we learnt a lot. Again had some lovely compliments and Louise was confident G will shoot up the levels (provided I get some more control and stop congratulating myself after every jump!)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvB-lfmMei8

And the water has been an issue for G - he does not like getting his feet wet! So a bit of a driving hunting seat and he showed me how to jump a water jump!!

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For a bit of fun Mr G managed to get another head injury slicing his nose open!

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Then this weekend we drove all the way down to Eland Lodge to do the 70cm ODE. We did a horrible dressage for 39.25 - his worst test to date but stormed round a double clear to come 6th! We may have gone 30 seconds too fast but we weren't out of control and felt at a very comfortable pace. Well done Mr G!!! photos to come.
 
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Thank you! I'm so proud of him :) we have got a pairs hunter trial this weekend then askham Bryan BE80 on 8th October! We also won £100 worth of BE training from filling out a survey so hopefully lots of lessons over the winter!
 
His face over the wavy plank is so happy!

He also looks really clever at adjusting his stride in the video where you jump up the step and down the sloping rail drop :)
 
The first two videos (?) are black for me so I can't see them :( I missed this so have been reading your updates, he's a smashing little chap and looks to have a lovely attitude and is nice and bold for the XC. Will follow with interest :)
 
Thank you all! I'm immensely proud of him! We went to do a pairs hunter trial today and although a lot of the jumps were hairy we went clear and came 7th. I'd love to post the photo but I don't have permission! But it is me very nearly out the side door and my friends horse grinding to a halt. Hoping to get a flat lesson booked and show jumping this weekend before askham Bryan!!
 
Because I am, like the rest of you probably, absolutely obsessed with photos of my horse I have found myself with an insane amount of photos, dressage sheets and rosettes lying around my house. I'm even worse with Mr G than I was with Rupert because I'm sure 😌 That he is going to go far and I want to document his journey! Because I work so little as well (laziness) I decided to start a scrap book and instead of writing everything twice, I'm just going to upload photos of my scrapbook to share with you. So, here is Mr G's latest update!


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Northallerton pics with thanks to Paul Dobson Photography


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Pro photos from Askham Bryan


http://actionreplayphotography.co.uk/page709.html

Videos to come. I need some advice on how to get him to slooow down and stop flattening. He is much better over bigger fences but I don't feel like he is ready to jump round bigger courses if that makes sense? He's great in exercises at home but gets sooo excited on a course and I end up killing the canter to try slow him down. Any tips?
 
85cm Northallerton

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90cm Northallerton
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SJ Askham Bryan
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