sportsmansB
Well-Known Member
With a break in our region for Tattersalls international next week, we had no events for me to score so I finally got my own horse out for the first proper time this year outside of clinics.
We went SJ on Sat to the local unaff and did 2 rounds at 90cm. The first was a bit grim as he was quite excited to be out, which he didn't demonstrate in the warm up at all, he saved that surprise for when we got into the ring and he began spooking, tanking off and generally exhibiting behaviour unbecoming for a 13yo schoolmaster. We went in again and he was lovely. Have no idea if this link will work:
https://scontent.flhr6-1.fna.fbcdn....=b09a95a6656abd4f7af070e96c9a2684&oe=5D97B7E9
Then I took some sort of brave pill on Sunday morning and announced on phone to trainer friend that I wished to go cross country schooling. Now. (this was 8.45 am on a very windy drizzly and generally unpleasant morning). Said trainer knows this is my least favourite thing in the world and bless him he organised it all for 11.00 in case I changed my mind...
So we went. My horse was excellent and I learnt a lot about how I need to ride him. He didn't try and buck me off which is great and we jumped everything we were told to and a few more. No videos of this as poor trainer I think too scared to take his eyes off me. I hate cross country schooling, I really need the adrenaline to go at the solid fences and my last mare got very frustrated with the stop and go nature of it so it was no fun for either of us. This guy is a bit lazy at heart so he had zero issues with stop and go.
So all good and one step closer to an event over the next month or so
Hope everyone else had a good time too!
We went SJ on Sat to the local unaff and did 2 rounds at 90cm. The first was a bit grim as he was quite excited to be out, which he didn't demonstrate in the warm up at all, he saved that surprise for when we got into the ring and he began spooking, tanking off and generally exhibiting behaviour unbecoming for a 13yo schoolmaster. We went in again and he was lovely. Have no idea if this link will work:
https://scontent.flhr6-1.fna.fbcdn....=b09a95a6656abd4f7af070e96c9a2684&oe=5D97B7E9
Then I took some sort of brave pill on Sunday morning and announced on phone to trainer friend that I wished to go cross country schooling. Now. (this was 8.45 am on a very windy drizzly and generally unpleasant morning). Said trainer knows this is my least favourite thing in the world and bless him he organised it all for 11.00 in case I changed my mind...
So we went. My horse was excellent and I learnt a lot about how I need to ride him. He didn't try and buck me off which is great and we jumped everything we were told to and a few more. No videos of this as poor trainer I think too scared to take his eyes off me. I hate cross country schooling, I really need the adrenaline to go at the solid fences and my last mare got very frustrated with the stop and go nature of it so it was no fun for either of us. This guy is a bit lazy at heart so he had zero issues with stop and go.
So all good and one step closer to an event over the next month or so
Hope everyone else had a good time too!
