Aston le Walls was my first disappointing event for a while. I had Bee Animas, General Opposition and High Havoc all competing in the Advanced. Bee Animas was a little bit hot and tense in his dressage and scored 37. He then jumped a lovely clear in the show jumping which caused its fair share of trouble. He then was giving me a great ride cross country and was a good three quarters of the way round the course when we turned for home. At this point he really took hold for some reason and didn't want to listen at all. For this reason I made the decision to pull him up. We will have a little rethink on bitting and management before he goes out again. I think he is a little too fit and feeling rather well after his wind operation at the end of last year.
General Opposition did a lovely test, but lost a few marks for shaking his head quite violently when he got a bug or fly down his ear so scored 35. He then jumped really well and was unlucky to have the middle part of the treble down. He then jumped very well over the first eight cross country fences, but pulled a shoe off and then was very reluctant to jump down the drops, which is unlike him so again I decided to call it a day, which was very frustrating, but I would rather have a sound happy horse ready to run confidently next time out.
High Havoc did a brilliant test and was very good in his changes which have let him down in the past, which was really pleasing. He scored a 30 which left him in third place. He then jumped a really good clear in the show jumping. I then decided to not run him cross country as the ground was a little tacky and he had only done Barbury two weeks previously, where he had been amazing. He next stop is now Gatcombe.
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Dauntsey
Dauntsey is our most local event, its just a couple of villages away. It is great to be able to compete so close to home. I had Bonne Amie a new ride for me in the Open Novice, Persimmon in the Novice and Amsterdam in the BE 100.
Bonne Amie did a nice relaxed test with a few silly mistakes, mainly her halts and rein back let her down to score 35. She then jumped a lovely double clear. We just went slowly as we are building up a partnership and she lacks a bit of confidence.
Persimmon was a star again and produced a lovely test to score 26 and jumped a smashing double clear with just 0.8 of a time fault to finish second. This result has now up graded to Intermediate.
Amsterdam did a lovely test to score 28. He to jumped a great double clear and added just a few time faults to finish 8th.
Bonne Amie did a nice relaxed test with a few silly mistakes, mainly her halts and rein back let her down to score 35. She then jumped a lovely double clear. We just went slowly as we are building up a partnership and she lacks a bit of confidence.
Persimmon was a star again and produced a lovely test to score 26 and jumped a smashing double clear with just 0.8 of a time fault to finish second. This result has now up graded to Intermediate.
Amsterdam did a lovely test to score 28. He to jumped a great double clear and added just a few time faults to finish 8th.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Tweseldown
I had Bee Animas, General Opposition and Ballingowan Diamond all at Tweseldown. Bee Aniams was a little wild in the dressage but went on to jump a lovely double clear, we just went slowly cross country as he had only run the week before.
General Opposition did a lovely test to score 29 but had a very unlucky rail down in the middle of the treble. We then decided not to run him cross country as he had run very well the week before and didn't need the experience so we decided to save him for another day.
Ballingowan Diamond was the star of the day winning his first ever Intermediate!! He scored a brilliant 26 in the dressage then jumped a very grown up clear round a testing show jumping track. Monte was a little surprised at the size of the first few cross country jumps, but soon settled into a lovely rhythm and grew in confidence the whole way round the course, giving me a great ride!!
General Opposition did a lovely test to score 29 but had a very unlucky rail down in the middle of the treble. We then decided not to run him cross country as he had run very well the week before and didn't need the experience so we decided to save him for another day.
Ballingowan Diamond was the star of the day winning his first ever Intermediate!! He scored a brilliant 26 in the dressage then jumped a very grown up clear round a testing show jumping track. Monte was a little surprised at the size of the first few cross country jumps, but soon settled into a lovely rhythm and grew in confidence the whole way round the course, giving me a great ride!!
Barbury
Barbury is one of our most local events and is in the most amazing settings. I had Mad About U in the BYEH four year old qualifier, Persimmon in the Novice, Zidante in the CIC** and High Havoc in the CIC***
Mad About U went very well, but was a little flat after his exciting first outing at Stonar and finished a respectable 10th in the BYEH class.
Persimmon went fantastically in the Novice to score 28 in the dressage and then jumped a great double clear to finish third, less than a mark behind the winner!! He gave me a great ride cross country round what would be his toughest track to date.
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Zidante went extremely well yet again to finish third in the very large and competitive CIC**. She didn't go quite as well in the dressage as she can do as it was very windy and she was a bit spooky at the flowers but none the less scored 44. She was then extremely unlucky to have one down after catching the heal of her shoe on take off and pulling it loose. Luckily Grieg Elliott our Farrier was at Barbury and very kindly rest the shoe for us before the cross country. She flew round and gave me a fantastic ride to finish inside the time and in 3rd place!!
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Follow the link to watch Zidante flying round the Cross Country
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Mad About U went very well, but was a little flat after his exciting first outing at Stonar and finished a respectable 10th in the BYEH class.
Persimmon went fantastically in the Novice to score 28 in the dressage and then jumped a great double clear to finish third, less than a mark behind the winner!! He gave me a great ride cross country round what would be his toughest track to date.
Pesimmon @ Barbury Photo courtesy of Fiona Scott Maxwell
Zidante went extremely well yet again to finish third in the very large and competitive CIC**. She didn't go quite as well in the dressage as she can do as it was very windy and she was a bit spooky at the flowers but none the less scored 44. She was then extremely unlucky to have one down after catching the heal of her shoe on take off and pulling it loose. Luckily Grieg Elliott our Farrier was at Barbury and very kindly rest the shoe for us before the cross country. She flew round and gave me a fantastic ride to finish inside the time and in 3rd place!!
High Havoc went extremely well in the CIC*** he scored a competitive 49 in the dressage. He then jumped an immaculate clear in the show jumping and really did fly round the cross country to finish just three seconds over the time. He gave me a great ride and felt like he really enjoyed it. This performance was good enough to leave us in a very creditable 9th place in a huge section with over 100 starters!! It was so tight at the top that the three seconds over the time cost us 5th place!!
Follow the link to watch High Havoc through the key hole combination
Photo courtesy of Fiona Scott Maxwell
Glenusk
Ballingowan Diamond was my first ride of the weekend at the lovely Glenusk Horse Trials. He was competing in the Intermediate Novice and lead from start to finish scoring 27 in the dressage and going on to jump a lovely double clear and finished 5 marks clear of his nearest competitor.
I was back to Glenusk on the Sunday where I had Boondoggle, Bee Animas, General Opposition and High Havoc all in the Open Intermediate. All the horses went really well with Boondoggle scoring a 29, he then was very unlucky to have one down but gave me a lovely ride cross country to finish just out the placings.
Bee Animas got a bit annoyed with the flies in the dressage and scored a 32, he to was unlucky to lower one pole in the show jumping but jumped brilliantly round the cross country to also finish just out the placings.
General Opposition was another one who relly didn't appreciate the flies and scored a slightly disapointing 34. He redeemed himself with his jumping though and posted a lovely double clear to finish 6th.
High Havoc was having his first run back after Tattersalls and went brilliantly to score 29 in the dressage then jumped a smashing double clear to win the big £1000 class!!
I was back to Glenusk on the Sunday where I had Boondoggle, Bee Animas, General Opposition and High Havoc all in the Open Intermediate. All the horses went really well with Boondoggle scoring a 29, he then was very unlucky to have one down but gave me a lovely ride cross country to finish just out the placings.
Bee Animas got a bit annoyed with the flies in the dressage and scored a 32, he to was unlucky to lower one pole in the show jumping but jumped brilliantly round the cross country to also finish just out the placings.
General Opposition was another one who relly didn't appreciate the flies and scored a slightly disapointing 34. He redeemed himself with his jumping though and posted a lovely double clear to finish 6th.
High Havoc was having his first run back after Tattersalls and went brilliantly to score 29 in the dressage then jumped a smashing double clear to win the big £1000 class!!
Stonar
Mad About U a new addition to the yard was having his first ever run at Stonar. He is a lovely four year old that Ben Walden purchased about a month ago from Ireland. He is relatively green but has a fantastic attitude. He was competing in the Lycetts Four Year old qualifier and went brilliantly. He scored 29 in his dressage then had an unlucky rail down in the show jumping. He popped round the cross country very confidently and really enjoyed himself!! This was all good enough for him to win his first ever outing!!
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Mad About U @ Stonar
Not to be out done Persimmon also won his section. He was competing in the Novice and did a super test and brilliant double clear to finish on a score of 29. This was his second Novice win on the trot and his fourth win of the season!!
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Eros Moon and Amsterdam were both in the BE100. Eros Moon did a lovely test to score 22 then had two down which was a real shame, but the prize giving was going on as he was jumping and he just lost a bit of concentration. He then flew round the cross country to finish 2nd.
Amsterdam also did a lovely test and scored 29, he to had two down due to jumping too big into the combinations. He also gave me a great ride across country and finished just outside of the placings.
Not to be out done Persimmon also won his section. He was competing in the Novice and did a super test and brilliant double clear to finish on a score of 29. This was his second Novice win on the trot and his fourth win of the season!!
Persimmon @ Stonar
Eros Moon and Amsterdam were both in the BE100. Eros Moon did a lovely test to score 22 then had two down which was a real shame, but the prize giving was going on as he was jumping and he just lost a bit of concentration. He then flew round the cross country to finish 2nd.
Amsterdam also did a lovely test and scored 29, he to had two down due to jumping too big into the combinations. He also gave me a great ride across country and finished just outside of the placings.
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