samp
Well-Known Member
Well it was my Birthday Fri so I had quite a heavy eve and wasn't feeling on form shall we say. Lottie was having a stressy time on the yard and kept cantering around whilst tied up, she argued a bit when we tried to load her. Go to show and realised another 2 classes to run before the 2'6" clear round.
So we watched for a bit then went back tacked up etc and got on, she was fine until we reached the warmup arena. No one had forewarned me we would be surrounded by mares and foals. Now I believe Lottie possibly spent the first 7years of her life nannying foals as she is just obsessed with them, I could not get her to concentrate. Jumped x pole coming away from foals and she was fine, then realised I jumped it the wrong way around. So I was approaching the foals, she wasn't concentrating and crashed straight in to the fence (some how I stayed on). She then went on to jump fine though still not listening. I got off to walk the course, then got back on and thought i'd give her another pop, ame to upright lovely, then to parallel - dirty stop. Again came to parallel another stop, tried several times and then somone kindly put front pole down to cross pole, she flew it. Front rail went up again and we stopped several times. I knew I was clearly doing something wrong so lady but front rail down again and told me not to cut corner off, really ride and then go in to the ring. She popped it and in we went.
She was not really going forward so we had 1 stop at a wall and then water tray (mind you last time we attempted water tray I could not get anywhere near it and she was vertical rearing) so this time we jumped it.
Next class I was first to go, so deciced not to jump again but for dad to lead her around in walk, i'd then get on after walking course, have one canter around and then straight in. Wow what a difference, she jumped lovely until a silly stop at the last fence. I always seem to balls up practice and first round/ class!
So we watched for a bit then went back tacked up etc and got on, she was fine until we reached the warmup arena. No one had forewarned me we would be surrounded by mares and foals. Now I believe Lottie possibly spent the first 7years of her life nannying foals as she is just obsessed with them, I could not get her to concentrate. Jumped x pole coming away from foals and she was fine, then realised I jumped it the wrong way around. So I was approaching the foals, she wasn't concentrating and crashed straight in to the fence (some how I stayed on). She then went on to jump fine though still not listening. I got off to walk the course, then got back on and thought i'd give her another pop, ame to upright lovely, then to parallel - dirty stop. Again came to parallel another stop, tried several times and then somone kindly put front pole down to cross pole, she flew it. Front rail went up again and we stopped several times. I knew I was clearly doing something wrong so lady but front rail down again and told me not to cut corner off, really ride and then go in to the ring. She popped it and in we went.
She was not really going forward so we had 1 stop at a wall and then water tray (mind you last time we attempted water tray I could not get anywhere near it and she was vertical rearing) so this time we jumped it.
Next class I was first to go, so deciced not to jump again but for dad to lead her around in walk, i'd then get on after walking course, have one canter around and then straight in. Wow what a difference, she jumped lovely until a silly stop at the last fence. I always seem to balls up practice and first round/ class!
