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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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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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South of England
We had a very successful trip to South of England. It was a long old drive but well worth it in the lovely sunshine. The Undertaker, aka Herbie, was in top form. He did a good test, still with a few areas that could be worked on, to score a very respectable 32.7. He then showjumped well enough to jump one of very few clear showjumping rounds. The cross country was one of the toughest tracks he would have had to ever jump, getting very technical towards the end. So I was over the moon when he jumped clear, he went green in a few places, but will have learnt a lot from the whole experience. He picked up 10 time faults to finish a very creditable 4th place in a tough Intermediate section.
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Somerley
Herbie had a successful trip to Somerley in the Intermediate. He did a far better test, to score a slightly harsh mark of 37, but this still left him in 10th place. He then rolled one pole in the showjumping and then jumped a fantastic clear cross country. He finished a creditable 7th place. Zamio and Zandigo were doing their first novice. Both did nice enough tests, scoring 33 and 32. The showjumping was big enough and spooky, a bit of a steep learning curve for them. Zamio coped reasonably well, rolling just one pole. Unfortunately Zandigo got slightly overwhelmed down one line to have it down, which was a real pity because he jumped well round the rest. The cross country again was a huge step up for both of them. Zamio was flying round till the 3rd last fence, a cofin, he launched over the first part and scared himself at the ditch so I decided to pull him up. Zandigo coped well to jump a good clear round. In all I was pleased, they all have so much potential, they just need to settle at the higher levels.
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Aldon
All the boys went well enough again. Sam jumped another double clear, just picking up time faults in both the show jumping and cross country to add to his 32 dressage. Dingo’s test was not his greatest, deciding to take off half way through, he had a very annoying fence down in the show jumping but made up for it by flying round the cross country. He feels more than ready to upgrade to novice now. Herbie was in the Intermediate. He did a bit of a tense test, jogging in the walk did not help. He was then a little ball of elastic in the show jumping, he pinged round clear making it feel pretty easy. He flew round the cross country, he just had a very unfortunate trip up a step out of the water meaning he couldn’t get to the skinny, but came and jumped it perfect second time round. I was really gutted for him mainly, as he so did not deserve it and he flew the rest of the course. I was pleased with all of them, they are all feeling fantastic and ready to really crack on with the season ahead!
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Tweseldown
The Undertaker (Herbie) had a successful start to his season. His dressage was tense, which I knew it would be at the start of the season, he scored a fair mark of 40. This leaves a lot to work on and improve for the season. He soon made up for this by pinging round the show jumping for a clear round and then cruising round the cross country in style for another clear. He picked up 4 time faults on the cross country, which left us in 10th place. Its so lovely that all the boys have kicked started their seasons with a double clear and two have come home with rosettes, now we just need to keep it up for the rest of the season!
Aldon is up next, so I will let you know how we get on.
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Moreton
I had a lovely start to the season, with both horses behaving brilliantly and giving me a lot to look forward too. Zamio did a good test, he was a little tight but not bad for his first one of the season, to score 36. He then jumped a fantastic double clear, just picking up 9 time faults. I am so pleased with his progress this winter and he would have finished 4th without those time faults. It was then Zandigo’s turn. He also did a good test to score 33. He too jumped a lovely double clear and finished 3rd. I was really proud of my boys and how much they have come on over this winter. They both could have done with some bigger fences, but they will have one more BE100 before moving up to novice.
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Kingston Mauward - BSJA
Zandigo just keeps performing. He jumped a fantastic double clear in the Discovery to finish 3rd in a large class, he then jumped another beautiful clear in the 1. 05 speed class. Zamio also jumped well, he still gets a little green in the indoor school, but has shown that he is maturing having just one pole down in the 1. 05. Zandigo is more than ready to step up a level now to newcomers.
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Cross country schooling
We took all the boys out yesterday. They were all fantastic and feel ready to start the season.
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New Yard
The boys have all moved to a stunning new yard owned by Amanda O’gorman. They have all settled in very well and we are all ready to knuckle down to some hard work. We will be off show jumping this weekend and then we have a lot of training days next week. I will let you know how we get on.
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