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It was Herbie’s turn to run again. He was in the Intermediate. He again performed a very pleasing test, scoring exactly the same mark as at Gatcombe, 30.9, talk about consistency. He then jumped a really smart show jumping round, having one, very unfortunate, rail down. he followed this up with his classic fast cross country clear to finish 5th. It is lovely to finish with him on such a high. He is now having a well earned holiday, to unwind and get nice and fat!!!!
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Gatcombe
Herbie was very happy to be back out eventing in the Intermediate, having not had a run since Barbury. He did a very calm, accurate test, scoring a pleasing mark of 30.9. he followed this up with a foot perfect clear in the show jumping and a cracking clear cross country to finish a very creditable 2nd in a tough section.
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Nutwell court
A great trip down to Exmouth. We took Zamio for the BE100 and Zandigo for the Novice. Zamio was a little tense in his test to score 34, he then jumped a lovely round showjumping, just having a very unlucky rub on the last fence. He followed this up with a good clear cross county, so in all he went good enough. Then onto Zandigo! He was in fine form, trying to buck me off as soon as I had got on. He did a stunning test, scoring a fantastic 24 and leading the section by quite a way after the dressage. He then followed this up with an immaculate double clear to win the section by 8 marks. I’m very proud of my boy, who I have produced myself from a just backed 4 year old, he is on amazing form.
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Upton house
Dingo ran well again. He jumped another double clear round the novice, adding 8 time faults to his dressage score of 35. He is maturing all the time and is really starting to feel stronger.
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Barbury
Barbury is a fantastic event, its set in a beautiful location with lots going on. It was The Undertaker’s first CIC**, so I was just aiming for him to come away having learnt a lot and to feel more confident. He got a bit tense in his test, he found the bigger atmosphere a bit much, but he did some good work and scored a reasonable mark of 55 considering there were a few major mistakes. He then jumped a lovely show jumping round, I was just a bit annoyed at myself because I got him in too deep to the first part of the treble so he rolled one pole. He then absolutely flew round the cross country, making it feel very easy. He just added 4 time faults to his score, as the time at Barbury is very hard to get. Overall I was so pleased with how he went and I know there is so much that can easily be improved on. He will have one more Intermediate run at Wilton before heading to the CCI** at Hartpury.
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Longleat
I love Longleat, it is a fantastic event and the organizers do all they can to make it perfect. I felt very sorry for them, for the strange English weather played against them, going from rock solid ground a week prior to torrential rain in a week. I was meant to be there 3 days running. On the Friday I had Zamio in the BE100, he found the atmosphere of the dressage a little much, but made up for it with a good double clear, which left him just outside the ribbons. It was then back again on Saturday, with Zandigo in the novice. He did an ok test, he still is not quite strong enough for some of the movements, to score 33.5. He then jumped a lovely clear show jumping round and he flew round the cross country, just picking up 4 time faults. I was very pleased with him because it was tough novice and he stepped up to the challenge well. he finished in a creditable 5th place. I was very lucky to be early on Saturday and miss all the showers. Unfortunately due to very heavy rain that day they had no choice but to cancel all Intermediate sections on the Sunday, which was understandable, just unfortunate for The Undertaker as he has not run for a while now.
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Update
All the horses are going well. The Undertaker scored a fantastic mark of 25.5 at Pontispool, but I did not run him cross country because of the firm going. Zandigo also did a good test of 30 and just rolled one pole, but again I did not him cross country. I then took the two boys Zamio and Zandigo to moreton. Zandigo went well to finish 9th. I moved Zamio up to the novice and he stepped up very well, doing a lovely test of 30 and jumping well in both phases, so all in all a good day. We have been off for some serious showjump training and had some intensive flat work lessons, so it is all go and everybody is feeling fantastic, even my youngster Ocky is starting to really come along. Off to Longleat next for three days!
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Tweseldown
We had a good but unfortunate day at Tweseldown. We just took Zamio along on the Saturday. He did a good test, a few minor errors, but scored a very good mark of 29.5. He really will do the most fantastic test when he is completely settled. He then jumped a lovely calm clear showjumping round. I was thrilled with this because he really struggles with anxiety in the show jumping ring and can often take off to try and do it as quickly as he can. He is the most talented horse, but he just needs to learn to settle at events. He then flew the cross country, making it all feel so easy. Unfortunately though, he tripped in a hole in the water jump, causing him to fall to his knees and send me flying. Gutted is an understatement because he had tried so hard for me all day and he so did not deserve that. Anyway onwards and upwards, the plus side is he was a super star all day and I think I may have found a way to get through to him, which is really exciting!
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Withington
We had a fantastic weekend at Withington. We took all three horses, Zamio and Zandigo were in the novice and The Undertaker in the Intermediate. On the Saturday it was the two novices turn. Zandigo did a lovely smooth test to get a good mark of 28. He then jumped a much improved show jumping round to jump a lovely clear. The cross country was testing for his third ever novice run, but he was absolutely amazing and made it feel effortless, picking up just 2 time faults to add to his good dressage mark and WIN his section. I was over the moon with this horse, he was fantastic all day.
Zamio did a good test to get a mark of 30, he then showjumped clear, but actually spooked and spun round in-between fence one and two so picked up 4 faults for that. He was very unlucky on the cross country to catch his back legs on a fence, so twisted in the air and I came out the side door, so I pulled him up for another day. He will probably be dropped down to BE100 for a few runs just to get his confidence up and give him some nice easy runs.
We where then all back again on the Sunday for The Undertaker’s turn in the intermediate. Unfortunately he was pretty lit up in the dressage to get an average mark of 37. He totally made up for it in the jumping phases, jumping an immaculate clear in the show jumping and a strong, confident clear in the cross country. He did pick up 14 time faults on the cross country as I didn’t feel it was necessary to run him too fast. He really has come on leaps and bounds this year and he his growing in confidence every time out. I really am very lucky to have three such wonderful horses and I am very excited by their futures.
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