I thought it was time the horse conversations returned
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Had my first show of the season yesterday, a 'winter woolies performance day' so no clipping
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Photo overloaded as my mother is playing driver for most of my shows and she loves stalking me with the camera.
Derby did alright, we got thrown the most complicated trail course I've done with him and he tried. Unfortunatly he is still in the phase of "soemthing went wrong? MELTDOWN" which doesn't help me correct him and finish the obstacle well. Lungeline is improving... that's the nicest thing I can say
In his hunter class he spooked at one of the jumps, nearly refused but jumped when asked... but was so nervy he decided he needed a hug and collided with me. We had a refusal at the next because I had to circle to get our balance back, thankfully it stopped me hitting the dirt which would have disqualified us. However he is jumping in great form with a lot of scope so I'm very happy about that!
I pulled Drifter out of the paddock for some fun, put a bit of conditioning work on him and figured we'd give everything a shot.
He went first in show jumper, first in fault & out and second in 6 bar... going Champion Show Jumper!
Came out of performance with a 2nd in hunter, a 4th in lungeline (his weakest event, he hates it!) and a 2nd in the most complex trail course I've ever seen let alone done. This pulled off a Reserve Champion Performance Horse and followed with him taking out SUPREME MINIATURE PERFORMANCE!
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Not bad for a 15 year old coming out for fun!!!
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Him with his jumping champion, He was in the float when his reserve and supreme were awarded (we ran very late!)
And my fav pic