coedcae
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A bit belated but on Friday, took the new one to do our 3rd Intro. It was blistering hot and I was worn out before I started. Arrived with plenty of time but then was rushing as I couldnt get one stud in, so eventually had to abandon mission and go without.
Then, couldnt get on him, its not easy on your own with a green 5 year old but the next but one lorry lent me a mounting block but not a spare pair of hands to hold the beastie, so nearly came straight off the otherside as he took off
Met Siennamum at the dr warm up, which was nice to see a friendly face. Warmed up to the usual array of squeals and bucks, so wasnt expecting a lot from him but I have been really working on the dressage at home, so was determined to do better than my previous 40+ scores. He was working nicely round the arena and just as I went in he got attacked by some flies which meant he was a bit unsettled but he managed to contain himself to just one buck in one of the canters. We scored 35.8 and the nicest thing was that the only 8 I scored was for my riding
I've been having a confidence crisis recently with my riding so this was just the boast I needed.
Onto the SJ, note to self to warm him up for the dressage in the SJ warm up next time, he really was moving forward nicely
It was probably one of the best SJing rounds we've done so far together, we only arrived on 'long ones' at the last 2 and we had a lovely clear. I was chuffed to bits with him.
Finally, the XC which I thought was quite tough for an Intro. There were 3 fences with alternatives and 5 fences with A and B elements. I knew he'd be sticky at the water (fence 5), so decided to approach the log just before it at an angle in the hope that he wouldnt catch sight of the water in the last couple of strides and slam the brakes on. Well he did spot the water behind the log in the last couple of strides, and went to duck out to the right, luckily he's not very forward thinking at the mo, so I had time to re-direct him and we jumped the log from a standstill
Bless him, I knew he had scope when I bought him and arrived home turned him out in the menage, where he proceeded to jump out over a 5 bar gate, from a walk, with me standing at the other end of it.
Anyway, so we had loads of time faults, as he had to come down to a trot in places, he's so green, looking at everything and everybody but we ended up with another double clear. Very pleased but need to find a way of activating the engine, as I was absolutely pooped at the end. Some hunting I think over the winter might be the answer
Nice to have met you Siennamum and he did go on the lorry no probs at the end
Then, couldnt get on him, its not easy on your own with a green 5 year old but the next but one lorry lent me a mounting block but not a spare pair of hands to hold the beastie, so nearly came straight off the otherside as he took off
Met Siennamum at the dr warm up, which was nice to see a friendly face. Warmed up to the usual array of squeals and bucks, so wasnt expecting a lot from him but I have been really working on the dressage at home, so was determined to do better than my previous 40+ scores. He was working nicely round the arena and just as I went in he got attacked by some flies which meant he was a bit unsettled but he managed to contain himself to just one buck in one of the canters. We scored 35.8 and the nicest thing was that the only 8 I scored was for my riding
Onto the SJ, note to self to warm him up for the dressage in the SJ warm up next time, he really was moving forward nicely
Finally, the XC which I thought was quite tough for an Intro. There were 3 fences with alternatives and 5 fences with A and B elements. I knew he'd be sticky at the water (fence 5), so decided to approach the log just before it at an angle in the hope that he wouldnt catch sight of the water in the last couple of strides and slam the brakes on. Well he did spot the water behind the log in the last couple of strides, and went to duck out to the right, luckily he's not very forward thinking at the mo, so I had time to re-direct him and we jumped the log from a standstill
Anyway, so we had loads of time faults, as he had to come down to a trot in places, he's so green, looking at everything and everybody but we ended up with another double clear. Very pleased but need to find a way of activating the engine, as I was absolutely pooped at the end. Some hunting I think over the winter might be the answer
Nice to have met you Siennamum and he did go on the lorry no probs at the end
