Nutwell Court, PN100BEplus, whatever it's called, report. With Pics!!!

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Not sure what the class is, but it's a bit like an IN.. ie Novice dressage, a small Novice SJing (somewhere inbetween PN and N) and a PN XC..

And for the first time since Powderham, Orla pony had the kinda ground she needed, it was fab!!

She did an ok test, pretty much upto the usual Orla standard!! She is rather consistant in the dressage.. She scored a 32, which i think left her in 5th after the dressage..

Onto the SJing, and it was causing total carnage although i couldn't work out why! There were alot of horses stopping
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Orla is rather hard to SJ, as she has no understanding of 'shortening' therefore you either go on a long stride, a very lond stride, or an even longer stride!!
That said however, she did a lovely clear-round!! good girl Orla..
There was one slightly worrying moment.. when cantering into the first fence, i noticed that it had been knocked down by the competitor before me and not put back up, so i stopped and waved to the commentry box, who just staired back at me me looking blank, untill they noticed the fallen pole, said how sorry they were, and re-rang the bell for me to start again..
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Then the XC.. i thought Nutwell Court had done a fine job presenting a lovely XC course!! With plenty of questions, but which i also thought were fair!!

Again, she did a lovely clear round, but unlucky to get 4.4 time-faults...

Hope you don't mind Santa, but i thought i'd post some of your pics!!
Pics taken by Santa
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Don't mind in the slightest!

I thought your SJ was really rather good and I only saw one other round so didn't know it was causing chaos in general! Must agree the judges' box did look very blank when you raised your hand though LOL Thankfully they worked it out in the end!

Oh and you forgot the most important bit where you came
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(well I think it is important
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I think she'd happily do Novice, but not the way we're doing things at the mo. ie she's ridden out by a 'happy-hacker' during the week, with no schooling and no fittening work, then dragged off to an event at the weekends.. Also, she can only cope with a PN on hard ground, not a novice, as she's a bit of a mud lark!! The gound was fab at Nutwell, so Orla flew
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She looks gorgeous and I was really pleased for you, well done.
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I saw S_J do her round, Poppy definately was not a happy pony
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Well done - good girl Orla, especially for being such a reliable dressager. If this summer continues like it is you'll find plenty more events with ground which suits
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Well done! She looks lovely, and enjoying it despite the horrible weather!! I was there in the morning, but am the one who came off flat on my back in the warm up and had be carted off! So I apologise for any hold-ups I caused!!!
 
I must ask......Santa - were you sheltering from the rain behind a porta-loo?!?! The XC photos look like they were taken from the other side of the course to where we were parked, and we did feel bad for the lady stood getting soggy in the rain!!
 
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I must ask......Santa - were you sheltering from the rain behind a porta-loo?!?! The XC photos look like they were taken from the other side of the course to where we were parked, and we did feel bad for the lady stood getting soggy in the rain!!

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Yes that was me
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It was actually not 'that' bad when hid behind the portaloo
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LOL, you sound very dedicated Santa and have taken some great photos!

Well done on the 5th place, thats excellent. Its good to know what ground suits her, helps you plan when and where to run her!
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Well done! She looks lovely, and enjoying it despite the horrible weather!! I was there in the morning, but am the one who came off flat on my back in the warm up and had be carted off! So I apologise for any hold-ups I caused!!!

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I didn't see that, but Orla's owner did, you got bucked off good and proper i was told?? How you feeling now??
 
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Good stuff, at least she's back to loving it again!

And isn't that numer a JRN one, as there pink and sponsord by KBIS?

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Not sure, but quite poss. as i was in the Novice section, but asked to be moved down to the PN.. However, we were never in the JRN.. my JRN days are long gone!
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A report at last, that's good to see.
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She is a lovely mare and at least you know what suits her. Well done.

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haha, you'd better appreciate it, as i wrote two last night, just for you
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