I had Persimmon, Mo Cuiske and Ceylor LAN in the Advanced and Vendredi Biats, Creevagh Cooley and Wish Upon A Star in the Intermediate.
Persimmon was having his first run since Bramham and felt fantastic. He did a super test, he was extremely accurate and very rideable. He scored a 26.8 which put us in second place by 0.1 of a mark!
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He was then on absolute springs in the show jumping, he felt brilliant and jumped a superb clear.
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He then flew round the cross country, he made it feel easy and really enjoyed himself! I think he was extremely happy to be back out eventing again. He picked up just a few time faults to win his section.
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Mo Cuiske was doing his first ever advanced and was a star. He was a little green at times in his test, but showed some quality work to score 35.
He then tried his heart out in the show jumping and jumped an immaculate clear.
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He then stormed round the cross country making it feel effortless, he certainly didn’t notice the step up in level. We picked up a few time faults to finish in 8th place in extremely large and competitive section.
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Ceylor LAN was having his first run since Tattersalls, he was a little jolly in his test which resulted in a couple of annoying mistakes, but it was great to have him out feeling so well. He scored a 32.
He then jumped a great clear in the show jumping and tried extremely hard when I saw a bit of a long shot into the double, he did all he could to leave the poles up for me.
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He then gave me a lovely ride round the cross country and was really enjoying being out, unfortunately his exuberance got the better of him at a ski jump down to a corner. He ballooned the ski jump and rather than landing on the slope going down to the corner he over jumped and we landed right at the bottom of the hill in a bit of a heap so we couldn’t get to the corner. It was a real shame as he had been jumping so well, but it was a green error that we will both learn from.
Vendredi Biats who is only six, was doing his first Intermediate. He was a little star and found the step up easy. He did a lovely test with just a few baby wobbles in it when he was a little green. He scored the second best mark of 30.5.
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He then did a wonderful clear in the show jumping in tricky conditions and out of very dead deep ground.
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He then stormed round the cross country and didn’t seem to find it any more taxing than a novice which was brilliant. He seemed to really enjoy himself and the horrible conditions didn’t seem to put him off at all. Him picked up just a few time faults to finish in a brilliant 3rd place.
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Creevagh Cooley did a good test, but found the ground in the arenas quite hard work. She scored 33.
She then jumped a good clear in the show jumping. Unfortunately she didn’t quite feel her normal self on the cross country. She wasn’t travelling very well which is very unlike her so I made the decision to pull her up so we could find out why she was a little off colour and save her for another day.
New ride Wish Upon A Star was having his first run for along time. He stayed very relaxed in his dressage and did a super test to score 24.
He then jumped a great round in the show jumping and was extremely unlucky to have one down. I think he was still a little surprised to be out and was lacking a bit of match practice.
He then was super cross country and gave me a lovely ride until the coffin at the third last. I think it was just a bit of rustiness as he hadn’t been out for so long. He unfortunately suddenly saw the ditch as he was jumping the first element he suddenly saw the ditch and left his leg, depositing me in the process! It was a real shame but the most important thing is we were both ok. We will be doing a bit of ditch practice over the next couple of weeks before our next outing.
