Aston Le Walls (2)

I had Very Special Z doing his second Intermediate and Mo Cuiske doing his first. I had Caeleste in the Novice and Ceylor LAN in the Open Novice.   

Mo Cuiske was a superstar in his first Intermediate. He was a real pro and made it all feel easy! He did a lovely test and just showed some loss of balance at the odd moment to score 31.8. He then jumped a super clear round the show jumping and was fantastic round the cross country. He made it feel as easy as a Novice and finished on his dressage score for 4th place. 

Very Special Z also did a super test showing lots of expression and scored 30.9. He then jumped a beautiful clear round the show jumping and was great cross country. We had a few time faults as I am still getting to know him and didn't want to push him cross country. He finished 10th and would have been 2nd had a gone a but quicker. 

Caeleste went brilliantly again. She did a very nice test and scored 33. She then jumped a fantastic double clear with 0.4 of a time fault. She made both of the jumping phases feel very easy. She finished equal first with Sarah  Bullimore and Mayfair Glory. We did exactly the same time cross country and scored the same mark in the dressage so couldn't be split!

Ceylor LAN went very well again. He did a very polished test to score 27.5 and showed some lovely work. He then jumped a great clear in the show jumping finding it all a bit small! He then gave me a lovely ride cross country again making it feel easy and all a bit simple! We just went slowly cross country as it was quite firm and he doesn't need to prove himself at this level having won to Novices already this spring. 

Moreton Morrell

I had three rides at Moreton Morrell, Bondi Beach and first timer Virtical Line in the BE100 and Togo De Kerser doing his first Novice. 

Togo De Kerser was a star in his first Novice. He did a fantastic test, showing lots of expression and scored a well deserved 23. He jumped a lovely round in the show jumping and was very unlucky to have one down. He then flew round the cross country, making it feel easy and finishing within the time to win his section convincingly. 

Togo De Kerser - photo's courtesy of 1st Class Images. 

Togo De Kerser is now unfortunately for sale. 

Virtical Line was not only doing his first ever British Eventing event, but also his first ever show of any sort!! He coped fantastically, he did a lovely test and was extremely grown up for his first time in white boards. He scored a 32, he then had an unlucky fence down after jumping a little to big into the double. He gave me a great ride round the cross country. He was very bold and straight and really seemed to enjoy himself! He finished 6th and is now looking forwards to his next run at Mount Ballan. 

Virtical Line - photo's courtesy of 1st Class Images. 

Virtical Line is now unfortunately for sale. 

Bondi Beach was doing the BE100 rather than the Novice as I felt although he is more than capable of everything that is required at Novice level he could do with going back a level and be taken more slowly as he is so talented. He has grown a lot recently and is just struggling with his balance. He did a good test to score 34.5 and jumped a fantastic double clear, making it all feel very easy.