We had a fab day yesterday. I was very unenthusiastic before we went in the morning, I nearly didn't go, just one of those days. Anyway I got my self together and off we went. Had plenty of time to relax when we got there, walked our first course and it was very twisty and turny. Not ideal but we would be fine. Henry was a little tense warming up and in the ring, and I didn't have a half halt so our round was a little too fast and we had a pole down.
We had ages between our rounds and Henry relaxed totally so when I warmed him up he was his usual lovely self. He went into the ring and put in an amazing clear round. He was so cool, responsive and right there with me, 100% where we needed to be. He ended up being 1 of three to jump clear in a huge class and go through to the jump off.
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The jumps went up and I squished down my nerves. We jumped in draw order so I was last to go. The first rider had a pole down and the second got eliminated so all I had to do was keep my head and go clear. We went in and once again he was amazing, soared over jump one, then 2, 3, 4... I knew it was going well but I focused and we finished clear. He was absolutely amazing, and to win the class was a brilliant feeling. Plus it was the biggest we have jumped at a comp, and it was clearly no stress!
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