I rode Rebecca Clays 5YO Emily which was her first ever show, probably a bit mad as she has only ever jumped a few fences at home and not many doubles. She was very excited and I had to get on whilst she was trotting round in circles, then after a few rearing nap's in the warm up managed to jump a couple of practice fences even if they were at a gallop and no control at least she was going forwards! I took her in the clear round and she jumped fence 9 from a walk whilst I was walking round working the course out, which was probably the scariest fence on the course, so that gave me confidence she wasn't scared of anything! There was a treble combination which I thought I would have trouble with as she has never done one before, but she jumped straight round the whole course and just had the last jump down! I did jump most of the course with no reigns or on the buckle as she was jumping sky high at a very high speed which worried me when I lost them over the first part of the treble i thought I was going to die at such a speed form her running past one part but she stayed straight the whole way through and jumped every part clear, think thats what you call looking after the jockey!! Lol she then jumped the british novice clear and just had one down in the jump off, so we were really pleased with her and excited to see how she improves with more shows!
Trigger also jumped the british novice and went double clear and came 3rd. I also did the 1m scope qualifier on him and just had an unlcuky fence in the first round.
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