At Larkhill I had three rides in the Novice Ceylor LAN and two first timers, Caeleste and Bondi Beach.
Ceylor LAN was having an easy run after Fontainbleau CIC* and thoroughly enjoyed his day out. He did a lovely test and led his section on 27. He then jumped a beautiful clear in the show jumping and flew round the cross country making nothing of it and won his section and his second Novice this season already! He has now upgraded in points to Intermediate, which is quite an achievement for a six year old right at the start of the season. However he will stay doing Open Novices and CIC* for the next few months as I don’t want to rush him up the grades.
Ceylor LAN – Photo courtesy of Tanzy Lee
Caeleste excelled herself in her first Novice, she showed a touch of greenness in her test and broke in her second medium trot as she miss understood my aids, but she still scored a competitive 32. She then jumped like a pro in both the show jumping and cross country to finish on her dressage score and come second!!
Caeleste – Photo courtesy of Tanzy Lee
Bondi Beach did a fantastic test at his first attempt at this level and led his section on a 28. He then was some what naughty in the show jumping, he jumped a fabulous round and was really pinging up until the last fence. As he was jumping the second last the next horse entered the arena and he felt it would be a good idea to join it, I however did want to finish our round and not make friends with the other horse. So after having a little debate as to who was right we jumped the last fence and completed our round, with rather a few time faults and some penalties for his disobedience. He is a very talented horse, but has a few of his own ideas at the moment, but I am sure with more outings and education he will get there. He made up for his cheekiness with a lovely clear round the cross country.
Bondi Beach showing his great technique – Photo courtesy of Tanzy Lee
