Weekend plans?

I get my boy back from his surgery on Saturday!

And then it's onto 2 weeks on box rest. :( But at least by August I can ride him again assuming he doesn't damage himself from now until then.
 
Embo said:
HHO trip to Tweseldown :D

Are you bringing Bog? :)
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I am indeed, really wanting to drop down to the 70 though as my SJ nerves are getting the better of me... praying for a withdrawal!

I'm no 23 if you see me kicking around with a cigarette, can of pimms and wild looking Bog pony in hand :P
 
Michen said:
I am indeed, really wanting to drop down to the 70 though as my SJ nerves are getting the better of me... praying for a withdrawal!

I'm no 23 if you see me kicking around with a cigarette, can of pimms and wild looking Bog pony in hand :P
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maybe 2 cans of pimms :D

looks like tweseldown is the place for HHOers this weekend :).
 
Michen said:
I am indeed, really wanting to drop down to the 70 though as my SJ nerves are getting the better of me... praying for a withdrawal!

I'm no 23 if you see me kicking around with a cigarette, can of pimms and wild looking Bog pony in hand :P
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Good Luck Michen, you will be fine :-)
 
Some fun stuff arranged. Good luck all. Exciting to hear about new arrivals, hope they settle in well. We need pics and updates, can’t hide it away on this thread!

And great to hear about all the hhoers at Tw this weekend. Would come to watch and cheer you on but have guests over so can't make it.

Am in two minds re this weekend. Was due to be at an event last weekend but lorry window was smashed. Fixed now and there is a sj event on at Quainton that I might do, or a friend wants to come over for a hack. Need to decide if I want chilled and local, or nerve wracking early start but with the fun of competing!
 
Think I've missed a week, but this happend last Sunday:

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Completely undeserved I might add, not only was I the only one in the class (BD's two round AF format working well :rolleyes3:), but she was also a little spooky toad!

[video]https://www.facebook.com/LeapofFaithDressage/videos/813882728797589/[/video]

Nothing doing this weekend apart from attempts at finding a house I like :frown3:.

#IHATEhousehunting!!!!!!
 
Got a fun ride on Sunday with the (not very new) new horse - his first. He went XC schooling yesterday round a BE track and ate it up, but has sooo much muscle and strength to build yet. Any magic tips for making massive muscle in the next couple of months??!!

Got inspired by my recent post about coloured showing and hauled the piebald boy in early off his hunter hols, so he is going to be bathed and trimmed to look like a horse I might own, with a view to playing competition ponies with him this summer. He's got the farrier tomorrow.....

My OH's hunter has been usurped from the fun ride plans, so will have an easy hacking weekend, with a plan to go schooling at another local BE course next week.

Apart from that, I might strim the lawn if enthusiasm overtakes me......
 
Like (Paddymonty’s quote)
I’m very much at the beginner stage - but have now managed to hit a target from canter (my mare doesn’t like the twang of the bow so has taken a couple of sessions to get this far).
It takes a bit of getting used to if you’ve done proper archery - thumb draw with a smooth non-stop action. I keep trying to ‘aim’ - although to be fair once in canter don’t have time to think much!!!
Good luck at your comp.
 
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Well we are entered in warwick hall (2) eventers derby 75 - 80 cm . I am under strict instructions from instructor to treat it as a training exercise since at WH (1) he really tanked around the xc, the strongest he's ever been (not helped by the fact I'd left martingale too long after I cleaned it. ) So I was told to treat Sunday as a training exercise, circle if he tanks and I can pull him up if he is a t1t.
This evening I'm having a SJ lesson on grass so will see how that goes. I might yet pull out of sunday!
Good luck and have fun to everyone competing. Hope the new arrivals settle in well. Lovely photo AH, love the sash.
 
Had a fab session with my confidence coach this afternoon so have now decided to leave T at home and do the 1.05m class with Beau :eek:

He was such a good boy today so I just need to remember ‘canter canter canter jump’ and I should be grand ;)

Gratuitous pic since it was my first time jumping that horrible filler despite having it for over a year :D

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Good luck to those out competing :)
 
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Yay we are competing :) :) :) It seems to have been aaaaaages :D

On Monday this week I decided I wanted to do Sapey 2-phase event. On Tuesday my fantastic farrier came at 7am on a day off to put Jensen's shoes back on. The venue were also fantastic and allowed me a special entry. My friend MillbrookSong was fantastic, and has pulled his mane and tail,clipped his legs and tidied him up today so he looks amazing

The lovely DabDab has said she will come to cheer me on (I'm bringing lots of cash for ice creams :D ) and I am really looking forward to it - actually I couldnt care less how he actually goes :D it will be a lovely day out in the sunshine away from the b****y football with great company! I completely bottled out and went for the 70cm class so lets face it, he can step over the fences from walk. If he does decide to have a stress, so what :)

Sorry, that isn't really taking it seriously I know :) Fun is the name of the game :)
 
monte1 said:
Good Luck Michen, you will be fine :-)
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Have you course walked yet? I’m so cross, had entered Broadway but withdrew and entered tweseldown as they advertised it as confidence giving and ideal for newcomers. Well I’ve done plenty of both BE80/90 and unaff 80/90 and I cannnot believe the course. This fence, not many strides after a drop, was the icing on the cake! I never usually moan about courses but I am surprised to see two max height brushes in a “confidence giving” course, especially when they weren’t even just on their own! Oh well :(


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Michen said:
Have you course walked yet? I’m so cross, had entered Broadway but withdrew and entered tweseldown as they advertised it as confidence giving and ideal for newcomers. Well I’ve done plenty of both BE80/90 and unaff 80/90 and I cannnot believe the course. This fence, not many strides after a drop, was the icing on the cake! I never usually moan about courses but I am surprised to see two max height brushes in a “confidence giving” course, especially when they weren’t even just on their own! Oh well :(


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Is that on an 80 or a 90? Either way... :eek3:
 
That’s an 80cm from the colour of the fence disc - it should jump really well, brush fences always do :) definitely not worse than anything you’d have got at Broadway :)
 
blood_magik said:
Had a fab session with my confidence coach this afternoon so have now decided to leave T at home and do the 1.05m class with Beau :eek:

He was such a good boy today so I just need to remember ‘canter canter canter jump’ and I should be grand ;)

Gratuitous pic since it was my first time jumping that horrible filler

Good luck to those out competing :)
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Very interesting- does the confidence coach give you a riding lesson or is it face to face / over the phone?
 
Sick Note Slack Alice managed a dressage win today. No doubt she will require the rest of the year off to get over the effort.
 
Wheels said:
Very interesting- does the confidence coach give you a riding lesson or is it face to face / over the phone?
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A bit of both - I did a face-to-face intensive at hers to start with where we set a long term goal. then a few video conference sessions where she set me short term goals/homework and went over how we’d gotten on during the week/at shows. And then today she came to mine to do a jumping session (she’s also a trainer).

I would definitely recommend it if you suffer from a lack of confidence. I’ve noticed a difference in the 4 weeks since we started.
 
Having done Broadway and seen their course pics for this year it certainly is. You don’t get a drop then a brush like that there, or a max height rush a few strides after a water etc etc!

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That’s an 80cm from the colour of the fence disc - it should jump really well, brush fences always do :) definitely not worse than anything you’d have got at Broadway :)
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AdorableAlice said:
Sick Note Slack Alice managed a dressage win today. No doubt she will require the rest of the year off to get over the effort.
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Excellent result AA :D Tell Alice she needs to prove it wasn't a fluke so she can't go on the sick again now :p



We had fun at arena hire, it was hot and the horse flies were savage but we hacked round the Inter 1 and found it to be a nice test... :eek: Lots of work still to do because it's very very demanding and she doesn't have the stamina to work at that level for long enough yet, but I can't wait to have a proper go at it :o Whodathunkit!? My project giveaway cob! :lol:
 
Michen said:
Having done Broadway and seen their course pics for this year it certainly is. You don’t get a drop then a brush like that there, or a max height rush a few strides after a water etc etc!
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I did Broadway just a couple of months ago so I’m pretty familiar with the course ;) each to their own I guess
 
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I did Broadway just a couple of months ago so I’m pretty familiar with the course ;) each to their own I guess
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Me too (for the BE not this years unaff)- I was on foot, where of course it always looks nicer when you know you aren’t riding it :p
 
Asha said:
Absolutely this ^^ Michen. Go for it , you will love it afterwards!
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Thank you both! We had a super day, with four minutes warm up for DR he pulled out a 32.3 which was nicely competitive, a silly pole sj which was my error of course but a fantastic ride XC, losing out on a placing thanks to some time penalties for being too fast. Absolute legend. Excuse my horrid riding socking him in mouth after the roll top- still rusty and shattered by that point!

[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uQGYAiIUEMo[/video]


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Our class went pretty well today - I buried him slightly at number 2 but he left it up only to tap the second part of the double at 9.

So 4 faults today but on a more positive note, he’s so much more controllable than he used to be :)
 
Michen said:
Thank you both! We had a super day, with four minutes warm up for DR he pulled out a 32.3 which was nicely competitive, a silly pole sj which was my error of course but a fantastic ride XC, losing out on a placing thanks to some time penalties for being too fast. Absolute legend. Excuse my horrid riding socking him in mouth after the roll top- still rusty and shattered by that point!

[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uQGYAiIUEMo[/video]


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Well done. Looks great fun. You must have been shattered in this heat.
 
mule said:
Well done. Looks great fun. You must have been shattered in this heat.
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Thank you, it was a really fun round. Made the most of the new no jackets necessary renewal and did very little dressage warm up (unintentional) and sj/xc warm up (intentional!), more for pony than for me though I’m exhausted now!!

Pony was happy as clipped out again yesterday!
 
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