Set off for our first ODE of the year, our 2nd ever and first in 2years haha! (do you see how Im not an eventer!!). Anyway, things started a bit badly as I didnt have time to plait! Ooops thankfully there were quite a few horses unplaited but I like to make an effort.
Didn't seem to matter to D as she do a really super dressage test, she didnt warm up that well - kept falling out thru her left shoulder naughty pony but got in the arena and she knew just what to do! Got the 2nd best score (and was only 1/2 a point off the leader!) of 33 or a 67% test!! WOOP WOOP
Onto the SJ, now it was very very small. I always think that the SJ should be bigger than the XC as at the end of the day you don't wanna try a 2.6ft XC unless your jumping 2.9ft SJ as XC. Anyhoo, the course looked fine with all fillers placed at the side bar one and thankfully D flew round clear :D
Then for the XC, I've jumped this course before and gone clear until the last fence where I fell off haha! So this year I was a bit more determined! D had a little look at fence 3, and well in all I rode terribly but she flew round and finished clear hooray!!
Long wait for the results and was really chuffed to find we'd finished 3rd!! :D I was about a minute too quick, as were quite a few people, so lots of time faults. If we had of been slower I might have snuck 2nd but anyway!
Dead chuffed with my pony! Finally feel that my XC confidence is really back after our rotational fall earlier in the year! :)
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