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I set up this blog up back in 2014 to share stories of my equestrian trials and tribulations. I had just started to event for the first time ever after a 10 year break from horses and wanted to document my journey for friends and family. 

​In that time I have achieved so much but still have so much further to go. 

I have been supported and sponsored by some fantastic friends, trainers and businesses in this time and I have a new dedicated section of the site to tell you more about them all. 

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66.73!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

21/11/2015

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After concentrating on Lucas for the last few weekends, super pony Corky was back out in action this week and he really was super!

We had a real breakthrough in our flatwork lesson last week so have been feeling good about our schooling. We headed to SNEC to ride two prelim tests on Saturday - P14 and P17. We had a set plan for our warm up which seemed to go well and so did P14, probably the same standard as RockRose the other week but not as consistent a contact as we have at home. Tammy who had come along to help suggested really working on our transitions to make him really listen to me in the warm up before P17, we did lots of walk to canter and serpentines. They made a massive difference and the test went amazingly! Our scores were 63.13% for 7th in P14 and a fantastic 66.74% in P17 for 3rd!!

Feel like we are really making progress and know we still have a little bit more to give which is exciting.

Tomorrow both boys are off to jumps a round each at Howe - bit of fun for Corky after working so hard today.
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Fun day out at Howe

17/11/2015

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On Saturday morning I headed over to Fife for some unaffiliated show jumping at Howe, or Dabbs as I still want to cal it. It is a venue I use to compete at when I was younger and lived over in Fife.

I competed Corky there earlier in the year at the Arena Eventing. The main ring is lovely but the warm up was extremely small so I gave it a miss after that. They have now doubled the size of the warm up so it's back on my list of favorite venues.

Lucas behaved extremely well in both the warm up and the main ring. He was nice and rhythmical in the 65cm class taking one pole and then a little wilder (through keenness to go forward) in the 75cm taking 2 poles. I don't think that matters just now though as he is taking me to the jumps, having fun and building confidence.

I also have the most fantastically funny photo curtesy of Sinclair Photography - Lucas has the most hilarious look on his face!
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Mid week show jumping

12/11/2015

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Braving the winds and rain in seek of an indoor school Corky and I headed off to SNEC on Wednesday evening for a jump at their schooling night. It had been a few weeks since we've had a jump so we needed the practice.

The schooling nights are ran as single phase starting at 65 and going up to 105.

We warmed up and got ready to pop a few practice fences. Thankfully I managed to accost a chap spectating to help with the warm up jumps as we were struggling to keep the little upright up! No worries at the oxer though as usual?!?

In we went though as we were last in the class, 85cm. Wee Corky did me proud and we produced the only DC of the night for our first first place!

Feeling confident we went in first for the 95 so we could also get home at a decent time. Unfortunately I went back to my old ways of pushing him out of his rhythm a few strides out because of nerves so we had a whopping 5 poles down! Eek!!

Despite his terrible rider, Corky didn't care and tried his best, brave and bold as usual. It did make me realize that all the lessons in world are no substitute for actually getting out and jumping full courses.

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Woohoo - Lucas is back in action!

9/11/2015

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As everyone knows poor Lucas was injured in a field accident summer 2013, after 2 years of rest and rehab this week saw him make is Show Jumping come back!

We jumped a massive 60 and 70 cm class at a BS club show at Rockrose - got to start somewhere though!

He was a wee superstar, I was feeling horrible after picking up a stomach bug but was over the worse of it so decided to still go. I think Lucas must have felt sorry for me as he jumped the smoothest round in the 60cm which as you can see from our practice sessions is not like him! He was double clear and wonderfully picked up 2nd place. It was the smallest class we had ever jumped (even pre-injury) but I think it's right to start him small and build up confidence.

He got a littler wilder in the 70cm and I felt slightly sicker which wasn't a good combination. He only took one pole but he did reintroduce the crazy stage leaping which is not particularly desirable while getting over a stomach bug!

All in all I was super pleased with him. Jim Hunter was kindly taking photos so I will buy a couple and add them to this post.

Corky is also pleased Lucas is back in action as he enjoyed a show free weekend, generally eating, sleeping and covering himself in mud playing in the field. Happy boy!
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