Otto at isleham

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ottos and ashes first attempt at dressage was going quite nicely until in the last canter otto trod on the board ,spooked himself and shot of at 90mph down the long side although ash did manage to spto him where she was ment to! her score was 46.8 mainly 5's & 6's and one 4 where he took off. overall a fairly good score for there first time and not the worst in the section by a long shot!
warmed up lovely for the showjumping and jumped a clear round.
onto the xc , flew the first 5 fences, coming up to the double he spooked at another fence but still managed to clear the double, went into the water ,hesitantly ,but a couple of cracks on the bum and he walked in first time, ash tried to get him to trot towards the fence which he did but was doing welsh pony knees up trotting so didnt have the impulsion to get over the fence.he jumped it the 2nd time though. was really pleased with him regards the water as he has only just got his confidence jumping in and out and cantering through the stuff ,so to jump a fence in water was a big ask of him. cleared the next two fences at great speed..jumped the ditch and shot out the side of the skinny (which he always does) jumped that the 2nd time . flew over the corner,over the steeplechase fence, over the next and then ran out at the enxt one as he was to busy looking into the pit that ran along side it and didnt see the fence in time. he then flew the rest of the course although at the last fence he wanted to jump the fence which was in the open course but ash managed to pull him round to his fence. so not a bad round for him, if he concentrated instead of looking at everything else he would probably go clear! didnt stay for the results so dont know where she came . will put pics in the gallery later.
met madhector whose dressage wasnt as bad as she made out!
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and also met thistle and her daughter . think a good day was had by all
 
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