Your High/Low lights of 2006...

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Best bits for me:
Finishing all BE entered (roll on next year)
Competing Rc and getting in the rossie on both horses at Areas comps
Bringing on youngster, affilating BD and getting dressage points
Best of all:
is being asked to ride trainers youngster in 2007

Worst bit for me:
Big horse going wrong again and missing, most of summer off due something going wrong
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What yours ...................
 
yay - at last a post i can get my teeth into!!!

Highs:
-2nd Winter Championships
-Qualified U25s National Championships (elementary)
-Qualified winter elementary regionals in first two outings
-Getting my lovely new Archie
-Bloss having 143 pts in just over a year
-Qualified Petplan Areas Novice Open/Elementary Restricted
-3rd Novice Open Areas with 70.89%

Lows:
nothing!!!!!!
 
Getting my box and eventually getting out and competing.
Finally feeling as though im getting somewhere by being able to ride a sane horse in bad weather.

Not had any lows this year.
 
Doesn't sound like a huge acievement but...............

Highs - jumping a 2'6" show jumping course clear bar one refusal and coming 5th as well (and staying on
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winning the 2'3" championship at local Riding Club
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Lows - not actually going round a XC course as originally planned for this year
Breaking a bone in hand when SJ due to Pidge getting a bit keen
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Well....

Highs:
- Getting out on the BSJA circuit again after a 20 year absence from riding.
- Bexhill horseshow where we won the 1.10m, and came 3rd in the 1.05m, and my youngsest son also came 2nd in his Lead Rein class
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- Jumping at the Hickstead Derby meeting.
- Qualifying for the Trailblazers Finals.
- Getting Trike.

Lows:
- Tearing not one, but both sides of my groin, meaning 8 weeks out of the saddle.
- Area 46 Show - Built our hopes up as we were on a roll, only to get eliminated in 5 out of 6 classes. Subsequently found out the horse had a virus
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- Bo doing his tendon just weeks after coming right from his virus.
 
Highs

Getting the Donkey (Stinkerstonker's full sister)
Winning reserve champion inhand
Winning lots of rossettes!!!!!


Lows

Losing my beautiful Stinkerstonker
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Well, with wee grey one it has to be:

* getting placed in 7 out of 12 of his BE events in 2006
* coming 3rd in his first 3DE at Burgie

and with baby one:

* being placed in 12 out of 19 of the comps he did
* coming 3rd in his first big hunter trial out of a class of 35 starters

and for me:

* finally getting to compete my baby
* successfully negotiating Pre-Novice
* coming 3rd at Burgie (and promptly bursting into tears when I realised - I was so happy!
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Only low point was when my lorry ramp sheered and I had to abandon plans to get up to Wee Burgie for my last BE of the year
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Not that many highs really:
I suppose my baby horse finishing in top 8 at PAVO
Friends horse I schooled for dressage over the summer won most of his BD comps and qualified for regionals

Lows:
My best horse tearing his sesamoid ligament in January, then after 6 weeks work has recently been diagnosed with navicular
Above dressage horse being sold before I could ride at regionals
 
Highs:
Taking India up to BE Novice and going clear XC on what turned out to be her 1st and last outing (see lows).
India testing positively in foal.
Lexi turning out to be an absolute star in her 1st season of BE (age 5) - clear XC in all 4 PNs she entered
Finding Lexi's hidden talent for BSJA (goes like stink against the clock!!) - winning some cash (exciting for an eventer) and qualifying for BN regionals, jumping confidently at Disco level and yesterday making the step up to jump round a 105 open class
Buying Merry at Doncaster racehorse sales in May and discovering he is an absolute delight to work with - highlight of his year jumping round the 85cm clear round at Keysoe yesterday

Lows:
India straining a tendon and putting herself out of action for the year
Last spring - Lexi refusing to jump so much as a stick on the floor when she wasn't in the mood (very tempted to give up many times, but we got through it - see 'highs')
Lexi getting a 52 in the dressage at a BE event (how embarassing!!)
 
Highs: Competing BE & being placed
Coming 3rd at Champions of Scotland
Being placed at BSJA, BN Disc 1.05 & completing a NC
Qualifying for Scope

Lows: D going lame missing Scope & Blair & all Autumn PN's
and might not stand up to eventing again
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Highs
I achieved a few ambitions and competed Intermediate BE
I was placed at our first 3DE
Won our first 1.25 BSJA

Lows
Selling Sorcha (the right thing to do to a lovelly home) who pulled through major colic surgery and taught me so much.
My inabillity to crack the dressage lark!
 
Highs:
* First year of BSJA, 3 top 3 placings BN and happily jumping Disco
* XC schooling and jumping BE Intro courses and some PN/Nov fences
* Qualifying for Trailblazers prelim dressage second rounds
* Hunting
* Shadow being sound all year

Lows:
* Getting eliminated XC 3 times
* Fourfaultitis (not a low but irritating!)
 
Highs:
Qualifying carthorse for Derby House championships (prelim) on our first outing
Winning second prelim attempt at RC dressage on the carthorse
Hacking out my youngster on her own with no nappiness

Lows:
No transport, and no longer invited along to shows because of sour grapes who were upset by getting placed below the carthorse!
 
Highs..
Jumping 5 double clears, cracking the SJing and being placed at BE this year.
Buying the snoopmister
Jumping DC at our first BN
Jumping Snoopy in his first show at addington and getting round confidently.
Bertie looking super on coligone.
Having my own yard
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Lows
Winston being diagnosed with Ringbone
Winston being lame most of the summer with bruised feet
Bertie nearly having to be pts
My lorry needing lots of expensive work
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Highs:

Henry winning his first PSG.
'' qualifying for the PSG Petplan Finals at Solihull.
'' '' for the AD Med and PSG Music semis.
Spider winning at Suffolk County and BSPA Champs.
Candlelite giving birth to the beautiful Bunty.

Lows:

Torrent, my wonder horse, having to be retired at 16.
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Highs

Qualifying for Ele Semi finals (o.k end of 2005) in two classes-with 67 and 70%
Qualifying for Ele Open Regionals 2006 with my yard owner
Getting 65% and 2nd in his first medium

Lows

Having to have a 3 month break from riding and so not being allowed to compete in the winter semis '06!
Having a very sore back
 
Highs:
Qualifying BN 2nd rounds
65% in first dressage
Clear round first XC
Generally Bailey being a dude in me moving up to horses
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Lows:
Sorting out his darned canter!!
Was lame for a month - never knew why but fine now
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P_G please pass on some your your luck my way, pretty please.........
Reading everyone lists on here, there is some pretty amazing stuff and at really high levels, blooming impressive
 
Hope you dont mind me posting in here as I dont compete yet ...

Highs
Getting my girlie
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Hacking out
Having a little pop over a jump

Lows
This fluctuating confidence thing
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Highs
Finishing a dressage test without exploding!
Winning Prel & Nov Championships at 3 local RCs
Going to Trailblazers Final
3rd in ODE
Affiliating

Lows
Being dumped at last fence in first ever XC
Lorry trouble!
 
hear............. i meant about going wrong, cos my eventer is so difficult to keep sound............ always something new. He's always inventing new stuff...............
Take my hat of about dressage with blossy and archie, as you have to earn your point
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Been a real up and down one for me:

Highs -
Being back competing BSJA after 4 year break,
Getting my Marey going back at full swing after buying her as 'unridable',
Jumping a 1.30m course at a local training session on Marey,
Riding lots of different horses and really improving my flatwork,
Buy Bells for a nominal price, our lovely youngster who has proven to be such a greta horse to own.

Lows:
Losing my beautiful ex-JA jumping pony after 11 fantastic years together
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Same day, being told Marey needed 9 months off due to check ligament injury
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Lorry failing it's MOT today (I'm in the same boat as you BB's!!)
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Lorry failing it's MOT today (I'm in the same boat as you BB's!!)
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Blimey Julie
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You've only had it a few months
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the nice problem i've got is i don't want myself also to get over pointed riding someone else horse. As don't want to move own boy up to quickly aswell. As i said it's a nice problem
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Highs:
getting Maiden
coming second in my last dressage outing (and seventh on the same day!)
jumping lesson today!
gaining so much confidence in six months due to my lovely horse
realising my horse can do more than I thought she could (is better at dressage and jumping than I thought when I bought her)
riding club camp on my friend's horse

Lows:
a month with Maiden off work due to nosebleeds
the next month with Maiden off work due to lamenesses!
I really regret turning down the chance to jump my instructor's LOVELY horse at camp, I am still kicking myself about it eight months on!
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So all round a pretty positive year for me, and I have LOADS of aims for next year, so roll on a better 2007!
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