jules89
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So, as my thread the other night mentionned, my horse will have a mental breakdown if he is on his own. Anyway, I have worked on this and decided to take him to T on his own today to do the Unaff PN, and see how he went...
he was...Amazing. Straight in the box (albeit tacked up as then he loads) and was as quiet as a lamb!
a little impatient before we set off but thats him
Dressage- we thought he did a fab test, he was so obedient, and I think it was one of the best tests I have ridden this year, but we got a mark of 35.5 which, for him, is average (although the top mark was just one 30 and two 31s so it was rather harshly marked) but I was chuffed with him anway
SJ - it was rather cut up, although the ground held up well, but we were both on different time zones! we jumed a VERY lucky clear but he does try to take hold when they are PN height as hes jumped 1.25m courses with his prev. owner lol! he warms up all calm and cool and then goes into the ring and effectively says "hey mum i know what Im doing now so shh" which is fine untill he needs help! LOL
XC - i havent competed since being squashed at Wilton and I had not realised how much I had taken a knock in my confidence. I walked the course and although it wasnt huge (bar one combination) it had a lot of questions. This was good because Zeb is going back up to Novice at WW but at the same time i was cr@pping myself because i didn't have all my previous confidence.
However, I was yet again to be proved what a class horse Zeb is as we rode the best round we ever have together. He took a hold right from the box and instead of interefering, I managed to let him get on with it (cue me dreaming of being Mark Todd!) and he was jumping out of an effortless stride (bar fence 3 where he chipped in as i was getting all excited and now dreaming of riding round Aintree!!) he was uber strong (though only in a mullen rubber mouth snaffle) and he whizzed round to finish on his dressage score!
so all in all my pony (well, 15.3 pony) is a super star and although he was super speedy he did let me set him up infront of combinations!
He ended up 6th which I am so chuffed with as we achieved our aims of 1) completeing, 2) going to a show all on his own and 3) ahving a confidence boosting run!
He was a complete lamb the whole time we were there, and was not fazed by being on his own! I am so so so
but at the same time i am so very pleased he didnt have a mental breakdown!!
Sorry VERY long post, I just cant stop typing because I am so pleased
raise a glass everyone!
How did everyone else go??
he was...Amazing. Straight in the box (albeit tacked up as then he loads) and was as quiet as a lamb!
Dressage- we thought he did a fab test, he was so obedient, and I think it was one of the best tests I have ridden this year, but we got a mark of 35.5 which, for him, is average (although the top mark was just one 30 and two 31s so it was rather harshly marked) but I was chuffed with him anway
SJ - it was rather cut up, although the ground held up well, but we were both on different time zones! we jumed a VERY lucky clear but he does try to take hold when they are PN height as hes jumped 1.25m courses with his prev. owner lol! he warms up all calm and cool and then goes into the ring and effectively says "hey mum i know what Im doing now so shh" which is fine untill he needs help! LOL
XC - i havent competed since being squashed at Wilton and I had not realised how much I had taken a knock in my confidence. I walked the course and although it wasnt huge (bar one combination) it had a lot of questions. This was good because Zeb is going back up to Novice at WW but at the same time i was cr@pping myself because i didn't have all my previous confidence.
However, I was yet again to be proved what a class horse Zeb is as we rode the best round we ever have together. He took a hold right from the box and instead of interefering, I managed to let him get on with it (cue me dreaming of being Mark Todd!) and he was jumping out of an effortless stride (bar fence 3 where he chipped in as i was getting all excited and now dreaming of riding round Aintree!!) he was uber strong (though only in a mullen rubber mouth snaffle) and he whizzed round to finish on his dressage score!
so all in all my pony (well, 15.3 pony) is a super star and although he was super speedy he did let me set him up infront of combinations!
He ended up 6th which I am so chuffed with as we achieved our aims of 1) completeing, 2) going to a show all on his own and 3) ahving a confidence boosting run!
He was a complete lamb the whole time we were there, and was not fazed by being on his own! I am so so so
Sorry VERY long post, I just cant stop typing because I am so pleased
How did everyone else go??
