Kelly1982
Well-Known Member
Well things started going pear shaped on Friday night. I was grooming Senza for the show and noticed a massive graze on her fetlock that had already started to swell (she swells up like a balloon over the slightest nick). My heart sank but i hosed it for 10 mins and hoped for the best in the morning.
I got down in the morning and BOTH back legs were swollen, i felt like crying but wasn't going to give up that easy so hosed both legs for 10mins and then walked her for 20mins in the hope she would walk it off. Luckily one went down completly and the other about 3/4 so thought i would access it again once we got to the show.
Then my friends dad was half hour late in picking us up so i ended up getting to the show half way through my class and never got the chance to walk the course. I then started going into a massive panick coz i kept thinking i was going to forget the course. The course in itself i felt happy with and capable of jumping. There was a lot of 1st for us though. 1st time jumping a 1mtr course, 1st time indoors, 1st style but i still felt pretty confident.
Checked her leg and it had gone down completly so warmed her up, she was ok but not her best but we could deal with it.
Took her in the ring and she jumped no1 fine, no2 was the style which she cleared but jumped really funny LOL. No3 was just a normal upright but i could feel her looking at No4 which was a big spread. She had No3 down and wobbled into No4 jumped it but had the back pole down as well. Then she started to listen to me a bit better and get a decent rythmn and we flew the double came round to the next 2 jumps and flew them as well then i heard the bell go. I had got eliminated coz i had forgotten a jump
I only had one more jump to go as well.
I came out kicking myself for forgetting the course as i have never done that before and feeling like i really could of rode her better so the day was a bit of a disaster but at least i know the height wasn't the issue like i was worrying about.
I did however get to see Rambo and my old horsey Trike which was the best bit of the day as he looked so well and happy and Rambo's wife adores him so that left me with a big smile on my face.
So there you have it, a very big learning curve for my next show LOL
Oh and both back legs were fine yesterday, i think she was just trying to scare me.
I got down in the morning and BOTH back legs were swollen, i felt like crying but wasn't going to give up that easy so hosed both legs for 10mins and then walked her for 20mins in the hope she would walk it off. Luckily one went down completly and the other about 3/4 so thought i would access it again once we got to the show.
Then my friends dad was half hour late in picking us up so i ended up getting to the show half way through my class and never got the chance to walk the course. I then started going into a massive panick coz i kept thinking i was going to forget the course. The course in itself i felt happy with and capable of jumping. There was a lot of 1st for us though. 1st time jumping a 1mtr course, 1st time indoors, 1st style but i still felt pretty confident.
Checked her leg and it had gone down completly so warmed her up, she was ok but not her best but we could deal with it.
Took her in the ring and she jumped no1 fine, no2 was the style which she cleared but jumped really funny LOL. No3 was just a normal upright but i could feel her looking at No4 which was a big spread. She had No3 down and wobbled into No4 jumped it but had the back pole down as well. Then she started to listen to me a bit better and get a decent rythmn and we flew the double came round to the next 2 jumps and flew them as well then i heard the bell go. I had got eliminated coz i had forgotten a jump
I came out kicking myself for forgetting the course as i have never done that before and feeling like i really could of rode her better so the day was a bit of a disaster but at least i know the height wasn't the issue like i was worrying about.
I did however get to see Rambo and my old horsey Trike which was the best bit of the day as he looked so well and happy and Rambo's wife adores him so that left me with a big smile on my face.
So there you have it, a very big learning curve for my next show LOL
Oh and both back legs were fine yesterday, i think she was just trying to scare me.
