Had a long Sunday leaving home at 6.30am for the 2 hour dive to Melton for a 9.20 dressage test. Did a reasonable test with only a bit of tail swishing in the canter to be in 6th place. In the Cross Country we were doing fine up to jump 9 the Trakhener which had a bit of a tricky approach to it. Occy must have thought it just a touch too tricky and tried to turn right just before the jump, quickly. He didn’t quite manage to turn right as that was not part of my plan. But he turned enough to have me hanging off the side just far enough not to be able to crawl back on, and obviously getting back on once standing on the ground is not allowed, so my day was over. 6th Dressage, clear showjumping and would have been 3rd otherwise.
The video is of a fellow Club member Di doing her second horse trials on Stormy at Level 5, showing you don’t have to jump big to have fun. She did well to finish in 9th place and would have been 4th except for some time penalties in the Cross Country.
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