I had Ceylor LAN doing the Open Intermediate and Persimmon in the Advanced.
Persimmon did another very good test and scored 31.8, but we made two rather large errors, which prevented us from scoring even better. We unfortunately cantered out of both the halts, which would have costs us a lot if marks. It was a real shame as the rest of the test was of high quality.
Watch our test here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM2E8yCB95A
Watch our test here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM2E8yCB95A
He then jumped very keenly in the show jumping and had an extremely annoying two down. He jumped in a lovely way but was rather keen and a little over excited to be out.
Watch our round here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtjpZ_gGEp4
Watch our round here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtjpZ_gGEp4
He then completely redeemed himself by jumping a foot perfect clear cross country taking all the direct routes and feeling amazing. We picked up a few time faults to finish in 7th place.
Watch our cross country round here courtesy of An Eventful Life:
https://www.an-eventful-life.com.au/riders/rider-videos-belton-int-horse-trials-2014-kitty-king-381
Watch our cross country round here courtesy of An Eventful Life:
https://www.an-eventful-life.com.au/riders/rider-videos-belton-int-horse-trials-2014-kitty-king-381
Persimmon flying into the water.
Ceylor LAN thought he was Valegro in his dressage and scored a 21.8 in his test. I was thrilled with him and chuffed with his mark against much older, more experienced advanced horses.
Watch our test here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYdVys7UlHk
Watch our test here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYdVys7UlHk
He then jumped a lovely clear in the show jumping, making it all feel very easy and small!!
He gave me a great ride round a tricky cross country course, he seemed to find it all very easy. We picked up a few time faults as I just want him to gain experience and enjoy himself at the minute. Even with the time faults he still finished third in a very competitive section!!