Since my last blog update we have been very busy competing ! During April the BSJA rallies continued and Piquet and I have now been jumping Newcomers, although a few unlucky poles meant no rosettes came home but still he was jumping on form.
At the end of April we had our big Liberation Show, where competitors come over from our neighbour Island Guernsey and even the Kings Troop come over! Piquet was on form and we managed to gain a 2nd, 4th, two 5th's and two 6th's over the show (along with some prize money as well). The number of competitors in the classes were a lot higher than normal meaning that some days we would be up there for the first class at 8am and the last class and not get home till about 8pm! But the great atmosphere and competition up the showground always kept us buzzing.
On the last day of the show I was crazy enough to do the Grand Prix as Piquet was jumping so well. We weren't expecting the first round to be 1.20m but still Piquet jumped round it brilliantly with only a few knockdowns due to my inexperience of jumping a technical course at that height! The photo is of one of the uprights in the Grand Prix at 1.20m!
Overall we had a brilliant show and I couldn't of asked him to jump any better. Piquet now has a well earned break for a couple of weeks and then we have a Spring Show where hopefully we will be in the rosettes again.
