July has been a busy busy month, we had our first event after an accident filled start to the year. We headed to Glanusk International for the BE 100 Open, it was a new event for 2010 and proved to be a fab event for the future. We had a lovely, calm test which was marked very harshly however was middle of the pack so we were pleased for his first event of the season. The show jumping wasn't too taxing and we flew round for a solid clear to be just outside of the top ten at that stage. Cross country was our downfall at this event, Wally had a trip on the flat and sent me flying out the door! We still completed clear around the course however when we viewed the results they noted it down as a fall at a jump, this was not the case it was on the flat. Even after a hour of deliberation and talks at the tent they could not change the result, gutted wasn't the word as we would have finished 7th or 8th!
Our next event was Badminton Dressage Championships with Percy, we were in the Pony Club class on the Friday where the team pulled off a second and was 5th in my arena. We all got goodie bags and a large badminton plaque. On the Saturday we went back up to take part in the middle of the road championships that we had qualified for, our test was a little tense and could of been better but we came away with a top twenty placing against riders from all over the country.
Between all these events we have been hard at work getting the horses fit and ready, Blue is back up to full work and aiming to be doing his first event soon. We also have a young new forest who is proving to be a cheeky chappy but very willing to learn and letting me sit on him for the first time no trouble.
My last event before this blog was Stockland Lovell BE 100 Open with Wally, he was a little excited by the nearby cross country in the dressage so not his best score by miles but still he behaved himself. Wally show jumped amazingly scoring another clear around a very decent challenging BE 100 course, we then headed off in the hot sun to the cross country.
The course at Stockland Lovell was much less taxing than usual but was a very lovely flowing course with some interesting fences. We flew around with a confident and bold clear, the dressage may have let us down on the day but we were very happy with a double clear and two shiny foundation points.
July has started busy and ends busy with Pony Club Area dressage and West Buckland BE, full steam ahead and hopefully I will write my next blog with some more good news.
