Well, had a very busy weekend. With Hambleden yesterday, and Stockland Lovell today! It was my first event with both Ross (Cloons Master Plan) and Rosie (Irish Rose). And what a good day! Very busy, but good! Started at 3pm with the first horse, and finished by 6pm with the second horse! haha!
Irish Rose: Intro/Pre Novice
Dressage: Well, incredibly pleased with her. We have been working on her Dressage so much, and it has paid off. She got 28 (72%) so clearly very pleased. She was very sweet, her free walk wasn't very good, and her halt I held for one moment too long, so she threw her head about, but the rest was fantastic! Also, the test was a PN test!
Showjumping: Again, she was lovely, popped around very sweetly for a fantastic clear (intro height). Unfortunately, clearly the time was very tight and we got 2 time pens. I was very annoyed with this, as I felt that it would affect my end result greatly!
However, very pleased with her.
Cross Country: I was slightly worried by a few things on the course for Rosie because it was mainly PN, so many jumps like the corner, trakhener, and a very wide (depth) skinny, to a big box, were definitely over Intro height and quite substantial. However, she popped around the course. Although the first water was slightly interesting, as it was a wall, turn right to a roll top into the water, then a roll top out. She backed off the wall, then jumped massive into the water, and took a stride out of the water. So it was very much sit tight despite. But I was very pleased with her, she took it all in her stride and finished inside the time. I was very happy to discover that we came 2nd!! (Out of 30) Also the two time pens didn't make any difference to the placings! What a good girl for her first ODE since last summer!
Cloons Master Plan: Pre Novice/Novice
Dressage (novice test): It was a bit of a rush after Rosie’s prize giving, but it turned out I needn’t have rushed, because they were running late, so it meant I had to end up warming him up for an incredibly long time. However, even though ross was the only one left in the dressage warm up he did a fab test. I was amazed because I have ridden him about three times in the last two months, and all he has been doing is hunting and team chasing. We got 30.5 which turned out to be the best dressage! Out of a section of 40, I was thrilled!
Show jumping: Well, I was slightly worried because at ODE’s he can be very unpredictable and nap and refuse to do anything. However, he was brilliant. Lovely round, I just made the mistake of asking him for a long stride, so we had a silly stop, so unfortunate 4 faults. But it could have gone a lot worse, so happy enough! He also didn’t hang or fix his neck in the round. So very pleased.
Cross Country: Again, like with Rosie, this was a mixture of Pre-Novice and Novice, with some jumps/combinations clearly being the novice BE track. I was also worried about him napping here, and before I went in the start box he started rearing and napping. However, he never thought about it on the XC, and flew around. Gave me fantastic round, didn’t hang, nap or pull much. It was 500mpm and he wastes time in the air and approaching jumps, so just got the 3.2 time pens. But very very pleased. Turns out I also came 2nd with him. Couldn’t believe it! I also won a pair of snazzy white woof wear tendon boots.
So it makes up slightly for my bad day at Hambleden, but it is typical, the bad days on record, the good days not! Haha! I hope to do some more eventing with these guys this season, and hopefully some BE.
