Kelpie
Well-Known Member
So, after Munstead being cancelled due to the snow, South of England yesterday was mine and Fin's first event of the season.
Fin was jumping like a flee in the SJ - to be honest he was a little too onward really but it was his first show of the season/ he was enjoying himself and anyway I'd noticed a number of other riders get time penalties so I figured we should go for it a bit!
See link below to pro pic page (hopefully) showing us about half way down (he's the only grey on the page).
http://www.everybodysmile.biz/spidg..._es21.php?Cat=11am to 12pm BE 100 SJ Saturday
That red jump at the end you see him jumping nicely..... well, that was the first part of a double with one stride between it. I know full well that Fin will sometimes chip in a little extra stride at a one stride double but I thought I knew better yesterday and I thought he'd fly it in just one stride. I was wrong. Fin jumped the second element admirably. I went splat right onto my hip. I now can't walk unaided and am thinking I probably ought to go to the hospital tomorrow for x-rays (I refuse to do A&E unless I'm unconscious or likely to bleed to death before waiting to go private).
Not sure I could have gone XC even if I was allowed but because I was splatted out on the SJ floor too long I was eliminated on the time anyway - soooo annoying as we were only about 3 strides out from the finish line
.... and that XC course looked soooo nice, I was really looking forward to doing it - and I don't think Fin understood at all why we were going home without having done the fun bit!
Gah. And it's a lovely day today and me & Ritzy ought to be on an endurance ride. Instead I'm sitting indoors watching crap on TV and kidding myself that I'm going to use the time wisely and catch up with some work Can you tell I'm feeling sorry for myself?
Fin was jumping like a flee in the SJ - to be honest he was a little too onward really but it was his first show of the season/ he was enjoying himself and anyway I'd noticed a number of other riders get time penalties so I figured we should go for it a bit!
See link below to pro pic page (hopefully) showing us about half way down (he's the only grey on the page).
http://www.everybodysmile.biz/spidg..._es21.php?Cat=11am to 12pm BE 100 SJ Saturday
That red jump at the end you see him jumping nicely..... well, that was the first part of a double with one stride between it. I know full well that Fin will sometimes chip in a little extra stride at a one stride double but I thought I knew better yesterday and I thought he'd fly it in just one stride. I was wrong. Fin jumped the second element admirably. I went splat right onto my hip. I now can't walk unaided and am thinking I probably ought to go to the hospital tomorrow for x-rays (I refuse to do A&E unless I'm unconscious or likely to bleed to death before waiting to go private).
Not sure I could have gone XC even if I was allowed but because I was splatted out on the SJ floor too long I was eliminated on the time anyway - soooo annoying as we were only about 3 strides out from the finish line
.... and that XC course looked soooo nice, I was really looking forward to doing it - and I don't think Fin understood at all why we were going home without having done the fun bit!Gah. And it's a lovely day today and me & Ritzy ought to be on an endurance ride. Instead I'm sitting indoors watching crap on TV and kidding myself that I'm going to use the time wisely and catch up with some work Can you tell I'm feeling sorry for myself?
