Your High/Low lights of 2006...

Highs
Won a ODE, and had a few placing
Won a dressage and had a few really good places in Prelim and novice
Scored 72% in a novice dressage and in the few novice tests she's done they've all been over 64%
Qualified 2nd rounds UK Chasers Prelim and Novice
So in all a good year for a horse that has only been off the race track for a year

Lows
At the being of the year she used to rodeo through her dressage tests, but is thankfully growing out of this phase
 
Funny how time flies but it's actually 1 year now!

It's all a bit suspect, one minute the bloke says about £800 but after I gasped he said it might only be £400! Erm, no thanks!! All sounds a bit dodgy to me, how can a price halve like that?! LOL. I think they see me coming.......
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Nevermind, I know plently of cheap mechanics
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Apparently it needs minor welding on the rear chasis, but in his words 'it's not that bad actually' and one new tyre as I have a nail in it, so how that csan amount to 800 quid I don't know.....
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I dont ahve alot but

HIghs:

-having a healthy horse in the end (see lows)
- getting placed for the first time at aff dressage on third go
- even doing aff dressage

Lows:

- Nigel had a hurrendous accident n wasnt sure if he'd make a full recovery, very luckily he has.
- falling off Nigel for the first time-eek it hurt!
 
Is it really that long
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A new tyre is fair enough....say £100-£150. The welding can't be more than another £100 though....so what else is he doing
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Have enjoyed reading this thread, now its my turn!

Highs

Finishing on my dressage score in an ON class for the first time ever! Went home with cash and a nice Rozza.

Going clear round my first Intermediate.

Winning some affiliated dressage and getting points at Novice and Elementary.

Winning both Prelim classes on my new 4 yr old's first dressage outing (66% both - not too bad)

Teaching my new baby to jump, and him turning out to have an enormous, scopey jump, huge enthusiasm, and not a yellow hair in sight!

Lows

My older horse getting a virus early on in season, then getting kicked by baby horse at end of season, so only managed 4 events in the middle of 2006.

Show jumping at IN and Intermediate level - it's scary, and I'm rubbish at it!!! Why isn't there a Novice Intermediate class where you can do Novice sj (and dressage for that matter) Intermediate xc???!!!

Rearing 5 times in first ever medium dressage test on 'best' horse. Oooops.
 
Highs
- Competing Honey again after 4 years of her out of competitions die to navicular and bone spavin
- taking Honey to Trailblazers SJ finals
-qualifying 2nd round 2007 Trailblazers with 70.8% (prelim)
-Scruff recovering from being hit by a car see lows

Lows
-Scruff being hit my a car on New Years Eve and thinking we may lose him, he was such a mess. never before has anyone got from maidenhead to Royal vet college so quickly!
 
Highs

Buying my first Horse

Lows

Realising depite a stage 5 vetting he had suspensory ligament damage - spending all summer on box rest - having owned him for 9 months only been riding for the last 3 months

Highs

Last week we rode out on a hack for an hour and a half and are building our trot work up - all going well

Lows

severe low in confidence

Highs

Overcoming low confidence (still not quite there yet)
 
Highs: Qualifying for a 3* on my crazy chestnut mare
jumping d/c round our first adv and qual for Gatcombe Champs.
Winning at lots of SJ comps to 1m25.

Lows:
Endless good dressage tests being ruined by mare's need to take her front legs or all legs of the floor. A real pain.
 
Highlights

Our horse Paper Tiger (with Ruth Edge) in his first competition season:
- winning all 10 BD classes entered, finishing by winning a Medium on 75%
- winning Novice Open at Regionals
- coming 7th at BD Nationals
- qualified for 3 classes at Winter Regionals next Feb
- being in top 3 in 7 out of 9 BE classes he competed in
- winning his last event of the season on his 14.6 dressage

Lowlights

He was in lead at his first event - and went too quickly into the water and Ruth came off when he landed in a heap - but he hasn't done it since!
 
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A new tyre is fair enough....say £100-£150. The welding can't be more than another £100 though....so what else is he doing

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Counting my money I think!!!
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My Cargo had to have welding on cab support for test and cost £450
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Have pm'd you Dr-Pete-Lorry-Man's number. He's very good & cheap. Is based in Tonbridge - but will travel. Not sure whether he does welding though....Just wish I'd realised he'd come to Essex before I used over priced garage here
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Highs -

-Getting skye!
-Her jumping improving loads
-Qualifying for 6 classes at the C&T champs
-Entered 3 of them and got 1st,2nd,2nd
-Champion of The working hunter ring at the Ameture Showing champs in the evening performance
-5th place in the mixed height whp class at Bucks County show, placed below a couple of ponies qualified for HOYS/RIHS
-Double clear first time out trying to qu. for trailblazers showjumping and qu. for cricklands
-Qualified for BSPS 15hh SHP for the winter champs
-6th place at PUK summer champs in a strong intermediate ridden comp. horse

Have been really proud of skye since i got her 8 months ago!
 
Highs:

Getting Finn through a whole year with 3 minor colic attacks and no Major injuries **phew**

Winning all but one showing class that we entered
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Finni featuring in H&H

Being on RC teams

Moving up to Elementary (and not embarrasing self)

Getting round 2 XC courses and SJ again (after breaking self badly)

Watching my friend Sarah have a great time on Finni XC (just as much fun as doing it myself - such a proud Mum)

Doing up old lorry and buying a newer better - but smaller one

Lows
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Finni being a total arse and having to retire at BD winter regionals.

Finding that new lorry needed new floor - £1000!! and it breaking and leaking as much as the old ones - love a project though
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Highs- Going clear at Longleat 2*, getting 2 double clears on one day at Berks college and getting a nice new horsey

Lows- Boss digging his toes in at Salperton and subsequently deciding to semi-retire him from eventing and my other horse being PTS in the spring
 
Highs - Winning first dressage class with Ash
Being placed 9th in my section at Trailblazers finals
Bringing Maati back into work and selling her to the perfect family.
Gettint the ride on Joe and realising what a fab horse he is!

Lows - Ash going lame and having the winteroff, with just hacking to look forward too.
Doing my last ever comp. with Ash.
 
HIGHS

-getting bobby to eventually jump round a Newcomers course!
-Taking bobby to camp!!
-Bobby jumping Open fences on a XC course!
-Asterix staying sound all year
-Taking asterix XC for the first, and getting through the water!
-Buying Ulrich
-Ulrich beahaving like an angel at his first rally today!!

LOWS
-bobby started stopping lots, and had to sell him as he wouldn't jump the heights i wanted!

thats it, i've had a pretty good year, roll on 2007, i just hope it gets even better!!!! :girn:
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highs- 1.watching horse that was a write off (leg problems) gallop round a 2* with ungrateful brat rider.
2.getting to drive an oakley supremacy
3. having a truce in long standing feud
4. having a bsja commentary/judging team come down specially to say how fantastic my charges looked

lows-1 losing Sherelle.
2. discovering that the rider has given me 3 placemats for christmas
3. denting the oakley
4. breakdown of truce after discovered former friends had rang boss and tried to get me fired.
 
Highs:
Having such fun on my horse all year!
Starting endurance and loving every minute of it and going somewhere different every week
Getting my boy fitter than ever and seeing the benefits of it
Having a go at a competitive endurance ride and coming 4th against the arabs!
Having a happy, shiny, healthy horsey

Lows:
No lows, just fun all the way!
 
Best bits:

going to Badminton for the first time (it's comp related)
Ben having a fantastic season - 14 placings in the top 10

Worst bits:

not getting to see Ben compete (closest event to me was cancelled)
Wimping out of my first ever competition and thus starting the spiral downwards of lack of confidence
 
Highlights-

Winning a Novice dressage test with Owen with 76% at the start of year

Getting the most amazing feelings of power that I've ever had from a horse in rare glimpses of brilliance from Forrest..

Also getting glimpses of brilliance from Owen

My old horse finishing 22nd of 80 at the Junior Championships at Weston Park

Being given a reasonable horse to event for next year- my first ride for an Owner!!



Worst bits

Nightmare time with Forrest being ill and having 101 problems,ending up with him being put down, still in tears about it. Will never find another like him- he was just unique.

Having to put Owen through back surgery,Owen being a never ending battle to get 'right' and never staying right for more than a few weeks at a time despite spending thousands on him and exploring every avenue of treatment...

A year I'd rather forget. 2007 will be just fab I am going to make great things happen
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4th BD Winter Champs Area Festival Finals - gettign 70% from a list one judge who had us as the winner of the class - nothjing will ever match up to that.

lows - Dan going lame 3weeks later and having to be operated on. Will never go back to dressage
 
Well a lot this year really...

Qualifying the area festival novice.
Winning the area festival novice with 71% and qualifying for the winter nationals (yey!).
Having a fantastic new trainer who has given Louis and I the confidence to progress from Prelim to Elementary over the last few months.
Being placed (2nd, 2nd and 3rd) in Louis' first BD Elementary tests.
Passing my trailer test and getting a trailer (yey!)
Taking Louis to his first ODE
Discovering Louis has a passion for water jumps!!!
Doing HT's this year (even though my horse is a loon XC!)
Realising just how lucky I am to have such a special little horse!
 
Highs-
Getting moved from 11th to 3rd in a Mountain and moorland class and beating one of the best cobs in the area.
Having our first first in a riding club horse class
Doing our first 3ft SJ class ever (never again!)
Getting our best mark in dressage- 63%! I was well chuffed.

Lows-
Going to hill top XC at Ledbury where he pretty much refused to lift a single foot off the ground despite having seen it all before and done it all before. This was in our lesson with William Miflin and it was majorly embarassing- he'd done the middle height of all the fences the last time we went yet he refused the baby height ones this time.
In the afternoon we went round as a group without instruction and he jumped almost everything without a second thought! That was a low.

And our first dressage mark which was 43%- a complete nightmare and the area qualifiers for the riding club. Miraculously we weren't the bottom mark though! (we were the 'B' team anyway) That was another low.
 
Highs:
getting on scottish under 25 dressage team, and having a great time at keyso and sheepgate, and not making a mess of it!
winning intro at hopetoun in the summer
lesson with carl hester
winning open pc show jumping (a major achievement!)
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having such a lovely horse!!!
Lows:
old pony being hit by an 80mph train
me breaking my ankle, putting me out for 15 weeks
 
Cool post:

Highs:
> buying my girlie
> moving to a fab new livery/riding school yard
> qualifying for the 3' at Cricklands winter league
> getting my new riding job and actually being treated as if I am able to ride instead of like a total idiot all the time.
> learning to long rein - so much cooler than lunging!
> getting my new puppy
> my first SJ competition after fracturing my spine (see lows). My girl jumped like a superstar and I just sat on her back and grinned LOL

Lows:
> getting thrown off the lunatic Storm and fracturing my spine
> failing to back Storm and work him through his issues (see above)
> missing the hunting and hunter trial season (again, see above)

Roll on 2007 - the year I finally get to go Eventing. I've been waiting since I was 4 (about 22 years) for this season!
 
highs: getting some decentish placings whcih were better than i ever thought i could at intro and completeing my first PN which is the one thing iv always wanted to do and still cant quite believe i have done it!
starting to crack her flatwork, and feeling like i have acheived something overall with my confidence, and dealing with certain problems.

lows:
struggling with flatowrk from time to time really wondering whether i will b able to crack her T ALL, Especailly with no facilities of my own.
wondering whether or not her sj is ever going to improve although we did have about 2 good rounds this year!

but im happy that shes been healthy this year and iv had some fab xc rounds on her
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and i got my WOW saddle which i cnt wait to start riding in again!!!!!
 
highs
*Winning june's trailblazer 95cm first and second round on Oshka.
*Doing a dressage test on will:D
*Winning high hoyland open HTs on Oshka
*Going clear Warncliffe HTs on Will
*XCing Murph and having form of control.
*Reserve champs LW hunters with Daisy
lows
19th August 2006- Woodnook arenas second round 1m showjumping. The night I found out about Oshk's fractured tooth, almost wrote both of us off jumping the related distance.
March 85cm sj on Speedy pony, jumped wicked but didnt canter between fences, simply bucked his way round.
Hickstead, super week socially, crap week competition wise, horses just didnt settle to stables down there.
 
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