Ambers Echo
Still wittering on
Ok this is getting ridiculous now.... 3 events entered, 3 dressage tests with errors of course. ARRGGHHHH
I knew the test inside out and back to front too. Grrr.
But looking on the bright side, the dressage was a disaster anyway so what's an extra couple of penalty points!
Amber was fantastic for the first half but then I went to pieces mentally (again) and hey ho....
I DID manage a 33.5 on Max the day before with a caller so I know I can ride the damn tests. Just not ride and remember at the same time!!
SJ and she was flying....
Amber: Fences are 100 right?
Me: No only 80
Amber: 100 is more fun
Me: Please don't. You'll ping me off and it will be very embarrassing
Amber: I'll try to be sensibe..... OOPS. Oh and OOPS AGAIN
A fairly wild clear which I won't get away with at bigger heights but I'll take it! Woohoo - first SJ clear. And a much more straightforward XC course than either Kelsall or Somerford so DC???
Sadly not to be. A silly rider error (again) meant a run out (well more of a run past really but we did try to present when I saw the fence late). Just at a totally straightforward rail! I got confused because later on the course there was a rail to a skinny A-B combination and I was searching frantically for B so didn't steer! Or look!
Oh well we had a blast as usual and all these problems are rider-related which is the better way round. I can and will work on myself so that I eventually pull out the performance and score that I know we are both capable of.
Pics of Amber attacking the course with her usual joyful enthusiasm. It is an absolute privilege to ride her.
Stafford next and its the same dressage test. Will I get it right at last?.......
I knew the test inside out and back to front too. Grrr.
But looking on the bright side, the dressage was a disaster anyway so what's an extra couple of penalty points!
Amber was fantastic for the first half but then I went to pieces mentally (again) and hey ho....I DID manage a 33.5 on Max the day before with a caller so I know I can ride the damn tests. Just not ride and remember at the same time!!
SJ and she was flying....
Amber: Fences are 100 right?
Me: No only 80
Amber: 100 is more fun
Me: Please don't. You'll ping me off and it will be very embarrassing
Amber: I'll try to be sensibe..... OOPS. Oh and OOPS AGAIN
A fairly wild clear which I won't get away with at bigger heights but I'll take it! Woohoo - first SJ clear. And a much more straightforward XC course than either Kelsall or Somerford so DC???
Sadly not to be. A silly rider error (again) meant a run out (well more of a run past really but we did try to present when I saw the fence late). Just at a totally straightforward rail! I got confused because later on the course there was a rail to a skinny A-B combination and I was searching frantically for B so didn't steer! Or look!
Oh well we had a blast as usual and all these problems are rider-related which is the better way round. I can and will work on myself so that I eventually pull out the performance and score that I know we are both capable of.
Pics of Amber attacking the course with her usual joyful enthusiasm. It is an absolute privilege to ride her.
Stafford next and its the same dressage test. Will I get it right at last?.......
