KatB
Well-Known Member
Well first of all thanks for all the luck it seemed to have done the job to some extent
SGO was super hyper this morning, pacing his stable like a 2yr old and generally being a pain, which probably wasnt the most promising start to the day
However, arrived at Cranwell later than planned due to traffic, so after a quick dash round, got tacked up and on for the stressage. SGo warmed up beautifully, but as it turns out was lulling me into a false sense of security
Started the test well, some lovely trot work, nice square halt at C for 4 seconds, good walk etc...asked for canter, and YEEHAAA!!
A buck and we were off
SO the rest of the test was exciting to say the least
hmmmmm!!!! VID of the naughty chappy
starts half way as my camera died as someone (
) has forgotten to charge it, so the phone took over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OEKlqxPJ7k
Walked down to the SJing and went
, SGO isnt a filler fan AT all, and tbh hasnt been out jumping properly for aggggessss, so to be greeted by a course of fillers, funny lines and a triple didnt exactly fill me with confidence... and the discussion of "will they let us go XC if we get elim" was had
I wasnt filled with confidence when SGO exhibited one of his now-becoming-trade-mark stops in the warm up and sent me flying, luckily landing on my feet in a rather composed manner
he didnt appreciate the slightly muddy ground infront of the practise fence, not that he is precious or anything
ANYWAY, went in, showed him the SCARIEST fence on the course, and set off, apparently at a similar pace to a grand national runner
With alot of vocal encouragement and some "forward" riding, we miraculously came out with a CLEAR! Cue
WARNING turn sound down before watching vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St8n6AoGtgE
Quick dash round the XC to find everything was pretty much how I expected, nothing to worry bout except the "quarry" at fence 3 which was a small trappy fence on the edge of a "quarry" with a tight spooky approach and a step on the right handside, and then two stps out again....
Tacked back up, and hacked down to the start where SGO thought steam train impressions and camp headshakes all the way was DEFINITELY the order of the day, me thinks someone is working out what comes after the SJing....
Came out of the start box, bit wiggly to the first, a quick slap down the shoulder and we were away....
I had absolutely NO control coming into 3, so just kinda half halted as much as possible (not much
) and sat back, as predicted he launched into the bottom of the quarry, bounced back up the steps and was away!!! Basically towed me round, and I think thoroughly enjoyed himself, although some of the lines weren't pretty as steering and brakes (who needs those anyway?!) were pretty much non existent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St8n6AoGtgE
Anyway, ended up on a 44dr
Double clear
and would have been placed I think, but they were taking SO long to get the scores out, we left before we knew where we had ended up...but never mind!! Overall a very good day
Thank for reading, will post pics when they come up... will give you al a laugh
Comments welcome as always
SGO was super hyper this morning, pacing his stable like a 2yr old and generally being a pain, which probably wasnt the most promising start to the day
However, arrived at Cranwell later than planned due to traffic, so after a quick dash round, got tacked up and on for the stressage. SGo warmed up beautifully, but as it turns out was lulling me into a false sense of security
Started the test well, some lovely trot work, nice square halt at C for 4 seconds, good walk etc...asked for canter, and YEEHAAA!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OEKlqxPJ7k
Walked down to the SJing and went
I wasnt filled with confidence when SGO exhibited one of his now-becoming-trade-mark stops in the warm up and sent me flying, luckily landing on my feet in a rather composed manner
ANYWAY, went in, showed him the SCARIEST fence on the course, and set off, apparently at a similar pace to a grand national runner
WARNING turn sound down before watching vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St8n6AoGtgE
Quick dash round the XC to find everything was pretty much how I expected, nothing to worry bout except the "quarry" at fence 3 which was a small trappy fence on the edge of a "quarry" with a tight spooky approach and a step on the right handside, and then two stps out again....
Tacked back up, and hacked down to the start where SGO thought steam train impressions and camp headshakes all the way was DEFINITELY the order of the day, me thinks someone is working out what comes after the SJing....
Came out of the start box, bit wiggly to the first, a quick slap down the shoulder and we were away....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St8n6AoGtgE
Anyway, ended up on a 44dr
Thank for reading, will post pics when they come up... will give you al a laugh
