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Back on board
I have just started riding again and will be back competing shortly. All the horses are feeling very well, its so nice to be back riding them again!
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The X Rays are looking good and my doctor is very pleased with my bones progress. It wont be long now till I will be back riding and I have gone over my end of season plan with Sharon, they are all published on the website now. The boys are all looking great and going better and better. Mum is going to pick up my last boy tomorrow, our homebred 3 year old, Ocky, who has been living near Newbury whilst we got settled in to our new home.
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Sun sun sun!
The sun is finally shining, thank god! The boys have all settled in brilliantly in there new home. They are all looking better than ever and look to be very content and happy, very chilled. My leg is doing great (touch wood), I have another x ray in two weeks and then hopefully I may get the thumbs up to start doing a bit of riding. At the moment I am keeping myself sane by watching Sharon working the boys, which I am so grateful for, she is doing a fantastic job! I am also able to lunge a few horses now and do a few bits a pieces around the yard. I will let you know how the x rays go!
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BAD news!
The day before Bickenhall was all going as normal until I stepped off Sammy as my saddle was slipping when I was getting on, nothing unusual. Then something very un expected happened, my leg which I had broken two years back, re fractured. I cannot describe my sheer disapointment, the gut wrenching pain of having to have a bit more time off. Luckily I have had some fantastic help from some brilliant doctors and they seem to think that it wont be too long before I can be back safely competing again.
The horses will still all be moved and Sharon has kindly offered to work them on the flat for me, I am really very lucky to have her around to help me out.
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Goring Heath
Unfortunately due to the adverse weather Goring Heath was canceled. My next event will be Weston Park.
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Gatcombe
The rain managed to stay clear and the sun actually shone on Gatcombe. The going was really impressive considering the rain we had had that week! I had a late dressage on Saturday and both jumping phases early on Sunday. I was, however at Gatcombe all day on Saturday because I went with a friend who’s times were much earlier. For me and The Undertaker, this was no bad thing because it meant I could ride him around a bit in the morning to settle him to the place. He came out calm and relaxed, which was a slight shock after his antics at Aldon, but unfortunately after about an hour of work he became more and more unsettled as the wind picked up. I decided to put him back and get on him for only about 20mins before my test so he wouldn’t have much time to get anxious. My tactic worked, he was much calmer, but unfortunately not calm enough to really push for any of the movements, meaning we scored a very mediocre mark that left us half way down the section. It was an early start on Sunday morning, made even earlier by my phone being a bit clever and putting itself forward an extra hour due to the clocks changing plus me putting it forward an hour! oops! Anyway, Herbie jumped well, unfortunately rolling one pole, the middle element of the treble. I was slightly concerned about Herbie having to go straight into an Intermediate because he missed his novice run at Aldon the week before, due to poor going. I decided to take what I thought was the longer route at fence 7, a double of corners. Herbie felt on flying form and jumped a lovely clear round. Unfortunately when I finished I found out I had been given 20 penalties for crossing my tracks at fence 7, where I had tried to take a longer route. I was truly gutted because Herbie did not deserve the 20 penalties, I did. I have learnt from my blonde moment and will hopefully never do such a thing again.
I was really really pleased with how Herbie started his season and am very excited about what is to come from him.
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Summerhouse
After deciding to withdraw Herbie (The Undertaker) from Aldon, due to the ground conditions, I thought a showjumping trip was in order. He jumped great, jumping two fantastic double clears, one in the 1m 10 and the other in the 1m 15. So a very worthwhile trip and feeling ready to go for Gatcombe this weekend, fingers crossed the bad weather will stay away.
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Aldon
Well the first event has been and gone! I started on Friday in the BE100, with the lovely little Zandigo. He came out looking as fresh as anything, but a small bit of lunging took the edge off him. He did a very nice test, scoring a reasonable 35! He then had an unlucky pole down behind in the show jumping, but flew around the cross country, which left him in 11th! This was a good way to kick start the season. Saturday was The Undertaker’s turn, known by all of us as Herbie, he was in the Intermediate novice. It was pretty miserable, with wind and rain, not a nice day to get the sensitive boy out for his first run. The wind got under his tail and he performed a rather interesting test to score a not very impressive 44! The team at Aldon had obviously done all they could to make the ground rideable, but I just did not see the point in risking Herbie in those conditions this early in the season, so I made the difficult decision to withdraw him and save him for another day. But I must thank all of the team at Aldon for there hard work!
I have got Gatcombe next weekend, so I shall let you all know how it goes.
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Good news
I have been invited to train with The Undertaker, for the CCI** European eventing team as they prepare for the 2011 Europeans. It was really nice to have been asked and I very much look forward to meeting the trainers at the beginning of April.
I also have a lot of Young rider training dates coming up, it will be great to catch up with them and make any slight adjustments before the season begins.
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BSJA time!
The snow has finally disappeared, so the lorry has been started and loaded with horses. We have been to West Wilts a record of 3 times this week, impressive! Monday was clear round jumping for the two younger ones, it was Sammy’s first time out and Dingo’s first time out since his last event, two clear rounds so that was a success. Friday was some exciting eventers showjumping with a green Sammy, which to my horror involved a skinny and other exciting obstacles. Sammy was ace, proving to be very bold. Then back again on Saturday for a bit BSJA, this time with Herbie and Dingo. Dingo jumping another classy clear in the massive 95cm! Herbie and I we’re slightly rusty in our first round, but in the newcomers we found our feet to jump a nice double clear and finish 2nd.
All in all a good week at West Wilts. I will fill you in on our next adventures.
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