January News

21/22 Well a very busy weekend!!! Tom is in saudi Arabia and despite this we had a rather full on weekend! Sabrina came to visit with Maddy - which was lovely, then we had a Jump schooling lesson with Twinkle in the afternoon. She was a good girl and despite some extravagant leaps at some interesting distances, she managed well in a very busy environment! Today we travelled all the way to Golden Cross for the jump training qualifier. Grandma was babysitting so we were only able to do the first class in order to get back in time. This venue was a little reminiscent of Priory and the arena was hilly/ dirty/ spooky and the course was almost impossible to complete tidily!! Spring was not keen on the venue at all and made the small arena smaller by spooking in all the corners- had her mind been on the jumps instead of the ghouls we may have done a winning double clear, as it was we had one down for 4th and a qualifying place. Smartie was a star, but unfortunately the efforts taken to ride an unrideable Spring left my brain in second gear... I rode like a donut in the first round, but Smartie still went clear, and then she jumped a super second round clear to come 3rd and qualify for the finals too! So with a bit more thought on my part we would have got a higher style mark in the first round!! Think I need a holiday now.....