Super_Kat
Well-Known Member
Well........................I fell off!!! *Snigger*
Olympic warmed up beautifully (except for when he jumped off a long one and buggered off bucking on the get away
).
During the round before mine the wind really picked up and sent a couple of fences flying over, as soon as I walked into the ring 4 fences blew down! I spent a good 5 minutes walking around waiting for the fences to be put back up.
The bell finally went and he jumped fences 1 and 2 perfectly, there was a tight turn to 3 and he was going a bit fast so it was a bit tight but we cleared 3 and 4. He then buggered off and we shot around to no. 5 and after 5 we had an awkward turn to 6 which we made a hash of (nearly over-shot it!
) and he got in quite deep but somehow managed to clear it and he popped number 7 perfectly an he then proceeded to sod off towards the exit and it took me a while to pull him up. He met fence 8 spot on and when I walked the course I strided out 4 longish strides down to fence nine..........We got there easily in 3! We then shot around a tight turn and up to 10, once over that he buggered off again! Pulled him up and got him to fence 11 which he flew we ragged it around to no. 12 and I saw he was on a crap stride and he showed no sign of slowing down even when I tried to bring him back to me. I could see 3 perfect strides but realised he wasn't going to slow up so I pushed him for 2 long ones but he decided to throw in an extra teeny one and when he went to take off he realised that his chest was against the fence so he went through it instead and I went straight over his head
I jumped on him once we'd left the arena and popped him over an upright in the warm up which he jumped beautifully
I had a fab day (apart from falling off
) and I can't wait to go out again. It's the highest I've ever competed at and up until the fall we were clear but methinks I'm going to have to put something slightly stronger in his mouth for next time though so I have a bit more control
My god I've rambled on! Here are photo's of the photo's I bought from the potographer (I have my tongue sticking out in all of them!) and theres a poor quality video (it's off my phone). And yes I know my position is awful and I know what I need to work on so please no comments about it.
Fence one
Fence 4
Fence 9
Fence 11
Feel free to laugh
Olympic warmed up beautifully (except for when he jumped off a long one and buggered off bucking on the get away
During the round before mine the wind really picked up and sent a couple of fences flying over, as soon as I walked into the ring 4 fences blew down! I spent a good 5 minutes walking around waiting for the fences to be put back up.
The bell finally went and he jumped fences 1 and 2 perfectly, there was a tight turn to 3 and he was going a bit fast so it was a bit tight but we cleared 3 and 4. He then buggered off and we shot around to no. 5 and after 5 we had an awkward turn to 6 which we made a hash of (nearly over-shot it!
I jumped on him once we'd left the arena and popped him over an upright in the warm up which he jumped beautifully
I had a fab day (apart from falling off
My god I've rambled on! Here are photo's of the photo's I bought from the potographer (I have my tongue sticking out in all of them!) and theres a poor quality video (it's off my phone). And yes I know my position is awful and I know what I need to work on so please no comments about it.
Fence one
Fence 4
Fence 9
Fence 11
Feel free to laugh
