Off on another outing, this time in a box with Smee and
her X-racer lucky to GBEC show.
I entered Sof and I for intro A walk and trot test and 2ft
3 novice jumping.
Dressage was a flop. Sof has been stiff in her hocks for
the last couple of weeks so we haven’t done any schooling, GBEC is a big hill
so no real place to warm up and a lack of marshals meant I was late for my test
so I had to argue my way in having missed my time slot. Net result was a very
pedestrian test, I got forgot the last bit and messed it up, Sof wasn’t really
striding out. I haven’t even read the judges’ comments. Never mind. I’m not
sure dressage is our bag anyway.
Jumping however, now jumping is Sofies thing! I haven’t
really jumped Sof over the summer due to her ill-fitting GP saddle. I was
stupidly intimidated by 2ft 3 (annoying as I would have thought nothing of it
when I was 10), so was not hopeful of a good round. But Sof was great. She went
from half asleep outside the ring to show jumping pocket rocket. She got us
round all the fences bar one triple – which she only messed up because a marshal
spooked her and her rider was no use what-so-ever. I desperately tried to slow
the whole thing down – I’m a bit too nervous for Sofies speed and bless her,
even though she found it frustrating ,she did slow up for me. Only had to crash
her into a hedge once to slow up. With a better rider she would have def gotten
placed.
Mission for this time next year: jump confidently and not
feel the need to hold Sofie back. We might even try the dizzying heights of 2ft
6!
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