& vis: The highs & lows of eventing.. Hopetoun & Aston reports + a question

[PorkChop]

Poor you what a catalogue of bad luck.

Can only reiterate what the others have said, you have a super partnership with your fabulous horse, and his showjumping in testing conditions was superb.

Listen to your horse and your support team and *huge raspberries* to the administration

Best of luck at Gatcombe, and will be looking forward to your report

 

[Ali16]

First off, can I say that I LOVE Morris?

Secondly, you're being far too hard on yourself! Fair enough if you were beating yourself up because you'd been tipping him over/missing at fences etc, but you hadn't. You went the wrong way dressaging and SJing - do you really think Morris knows or cares if he jumped the wrong SJ fence or turned left instead of right in a dressage arena? He won't, so stop whittling about that

And finally, if it makes you feel any better, my most recent SJing efforts include forgetting completely where I was going (despite having helped build the course together ) and Wibs ending up on his back because of a crosspole. So you're doing much better than me

Yes.. you may say you love Morris He is awesome!

No, I'm sure he couldn't give two hoots about the dressage and he still had fun in the SJ... He went XC today too so he was a happy bunny

Lol, thank you. I have suddenly heard about everyone's SJ nightmares! Thank you for making me smile

OMG...you poor thing. I am a mere amateur compared to you guys so hope you don't mind me commenting but the emotion that is coming across from you compelled me to respond. I am the very worst for always thinking it's my fault when things go wrong BUT please please remember the positives (yes there are some) from this "tricky" time. 1. You did actually jump clear sj in what sounds like very difficult ground conditions. 2. It sounds like you were a "victim" (for want of a better word) of a somewhat chaotic Ground Jury at Hopetoun - it just hurts that much more when someone who clearly adores their horse is told they were putting him in danger - and 3. Your horse obviously MUST trust you implicitly to go clear in such conditions and only stop when it would have been bad for both of you to carry on. He clearly adores you and his job and you have a lovely partnership, he doesn't care about the ribbons and obviously had a ball if he was bouncing around 2 minutes after a heavy run like that.
I am waffling now but just know this there are a very few people on here whose reports I always read because not only do I admire the levels at which they compete but the sheer adoration for their horses comes across forcefully in their reports and that to me is what it is all about. You are one of those people. You love your horse and he does everything he can for you. At the end of the day - it's the partnership that counts and you have a wonderful one. I will shut up now and go back to my BE80

OK, I'm probably totally over tired, but that made me very emotional! Sitting with my glass of vino blubbing Thank you SO much... those are such lovely things to say. I do adore my horses & when it was questioned it threw me somewhat.

Thanks again for your lovely words, it really means a lot

Poor you what a catalogue of bad luck.

Can only reiterate what the others have said, you have a super partnership with your fabulous horse, and his showjumping in testing conditions was superb.

Listen to your horse and your support team and *huge raspberries* to the administration

Best of luck at Gatcombe, and will be looking forward to your report

Thank you, I must learn to concentrate on the positives, rather than the negatives & Morris is fit & well & raring to go, which is always my main priority.

There will defintely be a Gatcombe report, regardless of how well/badly it goes

 

[dingle12]

Your tests was ridden very nice at Hopetoun and as ive said to you before i think the ground dury just had it in for some people. Chin up you will be fine. Are you going to Osberton?

 

[Ali16]

Your tests was ridden very nice at Hopetoun and as ive said to you before i think the ground dury just had it in for some people. Chin up you will be fine. Are you going to Osberton?

Thank you not going to Osberton sadly as have other commitments that week!

 

[spookypony]

In performance, one of the hardest things to learn is error recovery: how to leave the past in the past, and focus only on doing whatever is next, as well as you can. Sounds like Hopetoun really derailed you mentally for the next one, but the fact that you could do a cracking dressage and jump a really nice clear (-1 ) suggests that once you get the hang of taking things in your stride, you'll be unstoppable! I think Kerilli is right on when she says that it helps the pros to have multiple horses on the go. The more gigs you have, the less you can obsess about any single one not being perfect. So tell yourself: "If I get this cracked, I'm better that the pros!"