henryhorn
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Set off early this morning for Urchinwood, arranging to meet CCj there, she was grooming today but going to ride the stallion in the PN.
I somehow arrived late despite the early start and we hurridly plaited him with bands between us, I'd bathed him yesterday so he was super shiny.
She did her now customary tack him up and get on and go straight over to the dressage arean, it worked beautifully at Winkleigh when he was last out and he got a 22, so I was hoping they could repeat it this time.
She came back, said he felt quite nice (understatement) and when the scores went up he had 19.5... At last a sub-20 score! We were excited until we saw terry Boon's score, 19.1.
The show jumping was indoors and very tight and not very up to height either, and he touched a pole but it stayed. off to the XC, this year he seems to have clicked what happens and he shot out of the start box eager to get going.
A lovely clear round with just a hiccup at the coffin when he overjumped in but hopped out ok and that was that. I watched TB go and of course professional he is, he rode home to win.. CCj got a nice cash sum and a cream stock for coming second.
Now short of hiring a hit man we look as if we will never beat the man, last week to our 22 he had 20, he is just so damn good at dressage!
He was very sporting about it and we had a laugh, but he's been warned I may invest in some cash to keep him away from our next event..
The ground conditions were super, the car park was ok too, they mustn't have had the rain we have as when I got home the drive here was still water lying on it.
We were all held up at the end when they announced someone's horse had fallen at fence 12 or 14, and a twenty minute wait for the ambulance was because the road outside is a rat run and they wanted to keep it clear for the amabulance, in the end they called the air ambulance, I do hope whoever it was wasn't too badly hurt..
I struggled to get along the lane when I did exit the gate, an irate woman refused to allow me enough room to get past her, and told me off when I explained I was sorry to hold her up, and about the ambulance.. She wasn't pacified, and said the same thing had happened that morning she had to allow FOUR cars past her, thank goodness she doesn't live in Devon, that sort of thing happens every time you drive here, you have to wait and be patient!
Good result, of course we are thrilled with that score, especialy as CCJ hasn't sat on him since Winkleigh! We have a girl who has bought one of his youngsters hacking him out and he keeps himself fit field running...
He is more than ready to move up to Novice, it will just depend on his age and fitness really, as next season he would be 18..
Long tiring drive for me, I'm so glad to be home, I drove home dreaming about the scented bath I was going to have, only to discover my husband is in it and has used every scrap of hot water.... men....
I somehow arrived late despite the early start and we hurridly plaited him with bands between us, I'd bathed him yesterday so he was super shiny.
She did her now customary tack him up and get on and go straight over to the dressage arean, it worked beautifully at Winkleigh when he was last out and he got a 22, so I was hoping they could repeat it this time.
She came back, said he felt quite nice (understatement) and when the scores went up he had 19.5... At last a sub-20 score! We were excited until we saw terry Boon's score, 19.1.
The show jumping was indoors and very tight and not very up to height either, and he touched a pole but it stayed. off to the XC, this year he seems to have clicked what happens and he shot out of the start box eager to get going.
A lovely clear round with just a hiccup at the coffin when he overjumped in but hopped out ok and that was that. I watched TB go and of course professional he is, he rode home to win.. CCj got a nice cash sum and a cream stock for coming second.
Now short of hiring a hit man we look as if we will never beat the man, last week to our 22 he had 20, he is just so damn good at dressage!
He was very sporting about it and we had a laugh, but he's been warned I may invest in some cash to keep him away from our next event..
The ground conditions were super, the car park was ok too, they mustn't have had the rain we have as when I got home the drive here was still water lying on it.
We were all held up at the end when they announced someone's horse had fallen at fence 12 or 14, and a twenty minute wait for the ambulance was because the road outside is a rat run and they wanted to keep it clear for the amabulance, in the end they called the air ambulance, I do hope whoever it was wasn't too badly hurt..
I struggled to get along the lane when I did exit the gate, an irate woman refused to allow me enough room to get past her, and told me off when I explained I was sorry to hold her up, and about the ambulance.. She wasn't pacified, and said the same thing had happened that morning she had to allow FOUR cars past her, thank goodness she doesn't live in Devon, that sort of thing happens every time you drive here, you have to wait and be patient!
Good result, of course we are thrilled with that score, especialy as CCJ hasn't sat on him since Winkleigh! We have a girl who has bought one of his youngsters hacking him out and he keeps himself fit field running...
He is more than ready to move up to Novice, it will just depend on his age and fitness really, as next season he would be 18..
Long tiring drive for me, I'm so glad to be home, I drove home dreaming about the scented bath I was going to have, only to discover my husband is in it and has used every scrap of hot water.... men....
