christian
Well-Known Member
yes... me!!
I jumped at Burghley yesterday in the PC team SJing
It was the biggest course I have ever tackled! And I have only been riding Finnie a month- but her owner was with me and filled me with confidence and I walked the course feeling fairly happy, taking care to distance myself from my team mates as they would no doubt have filled me with their concerns about jumps I was perfectly happy with...
Anyway Finnie warmed up well, and the 1st two members of our team jumped supreisingly clear- Barlow hunt have never done well at SJing- then I went...
Finnie jumped wonderfully! She napped a little to fence 1, then jumped well up to number 6- the treble. She went for a long one then chipped in, and could simply not pick up over it- she tried and it fell. I was gutted but she jumped parts 2 and 3 of the treble beautifully!- somehow! We recovered and jumped the rest well- apart from a sticky nappy momenty on the apprach to 8 but we recovered well to keep the rest of the jumps in tact. Our 4th member didn't do so well so i was delighted not to be the drop score!
1 team out of 37 managed to get 3 clears, and there were 8 teams on 2 clears and a 4 faulter so places were decided on times. We finished 7th, which we were thrilled about as it is the first time as a branch we have been placed for years!!
I was thrilled with Finnie- it was out first outing together- (we were very much thrown in at the deepened- Burghley horse trials and all!) and the crowd and the jumps were very spooky and she behaved impeccably! It was a brilliant experience so I have high hopes for her for the future!!
Piks to follow in gallery....
I jumped at Burghley yesterday in the PC team SJing
It was the biggest course I have ever tackled! And I have only been riding Finnie a month- but her owner was with me and filled me with confidence and I walked the course feeling fairly happy, taking care to distance myself from my team mates as they would no doubt have filled me with their concerns about jumps I was perfectly happy with...
Anyway Finnie warmed up well, and the 1st two members of our team jumped supreisingly clear- Barlow hunt have never done well at SJing- then I went...
Finnie jumped wonderfully! She napped a little to fence 1, then jumped well up to number 6- the treble. She went for a long one then chipped in, and could simply not pick up over it- she tried and it fell. I was gutted but she jumped parts 2 and 3 of the treble beautifully!- somehow! We recovered and jumped the rest well- apart from a sticky nappy momenty on the apprach to 8 but we recovered well to keep the rest of the jumps in tact. Our 4th member didn't do so well so i was delighted not to be the drop score!
1 team out of 37 managed to get 3 clears, and there were 8 teams on 2 clears and a 4 faulter so places were decided on times. We finished 7th, which we were thrilled about as it is the first time as a branch we have been placed for years!!
I was thrilled with Finnie- it was out first outing together- (we were very much thrown in at the deepened- Burghley horse trials and all!) and the crowd and the jumps were very spooky and she behaved impeccably! It was a brilliant experience so I have high hopes for her for the future!!
Piks to follow in gallery....