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Was my 2nd attempt at novice after the disaster of Broadway in May!
Yak was a bit sparky doing the warm up and kept getting really tense but he was off the leg. Went into the arena and was ok test but not as nice as he can do but not surprising as he has had no schooling for weeks. Looked at scores and had a 41 which I was disappointed with until I read the sheet and it was my fault as inaccurate 4 times including forgetting give and retake twice so should have been a 38 whih would have been fairer.
On to the bogey of SJ which was running 40 mins late. I chose a number on the board which I thought was 10 in front of me and then when she went into ring I started warming up except I was then told 2 to go whoops cocked that one up. Popped fences once each then went in. Did a good round nerves did not paralyse me and had 3 down which delighted me as never done a 1.10 cold before.
Onto xc feeling very nervous as done no xc since June. Horse was fab bit green in places, helped me out a couple of times and otherwise was brill. He has really got the hang of it. Ended up with just 4 time pens which made me even more pleased.
So have finally beat the demons of novice and hopefully he will carry on improving. Feel so excited as this horse has not been easy but today he made it seem effortless.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8688961227217507760
Yak was a bit sparky doing the warm up and kept getting really tense but he was off the leg. Went into the arena and was ok test but not as nice as he can do but not surprising as he has had no schooling for weeks. Looked at scores and had a 41 which I was disappointed with until I read the sheet and it was my fault as inaccurate 4 times including forgetting give and retake twice so should have been a 38 whih would have been fairer.
On to the bogey of SJ which was running 40 mins late. I chose a number on the board which I thought was 10 in front of me and then when she went into ring I started warming up except I was then told 2 to go whoops cocked that one up. Popped fences once each then went in. Did a good round nerves did not paralyse me and had 3 down which delighted me as never done a 1.10 cold before.
Onto xc feeling very nervous as done no xc since June. Horse was fab bit green in places, helped me out a couple of times and otherwise was brill. He has really got the hang of it. Ended up with just 4 time pens which made me even more pleased.
So have finally beat the demons of novice and hopefully he will carry on improving. Feel so excited as this horse has not been easy but today he made it seem effortless.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8688961227217507760
