Slight incident on the way there when sat nav took me down very narrow country lane which was just about passable until we met a Range Rover coming the other way! Managed to squeeze into a hedge and just about get past. My poor paintwork!
Happy to get there in one piece! Kinda on the chilly side today. Got on with 30mins to go which was fine. Standard warmup - walk long rein, bit of walk lateral work, forwards trot and canter, canter on and back, walk break, sitting trot-walk-halt-sitting trot exercise, walk break, quick pick up and go forwards again.
Had chosen BE pick your own class and doing BE92 and BE102 in that class.
First test BE92 - 6 for his entry - rubbish - left my turn at C a bit late and he spotted something and spooked a bit. Then straight 7's, 8 for left canter circle, more 7's then down to 6 for right canter trans (needs to go forwards thru trans) and 6 for R canter circle (coming onto shoulder) then straight 7's with 8 for final halt. 7677 "Obedient and fluent test. He just needs greater swing over the back and to lift the shoulders in canter" Score:31 - 2nd place out of 10
Quick 5min walk breather then picked him up into more forwards trot and bit of canter before back in for BE102. After a couple of false starts where judge not sure if she had right test and then me going wrong having imagined it was 20m circles instead of 10m loops (doh!) we got going! 7 for entry and loop, 6 for trot-walk-trot - he just randomly died in the downwards trans, 7 into canter, 8 for G&R inside rein in canter (nicely balanced), only 6 for FWLR (needs more stretch and reach), 7 for med walk, 6 for 10m loop "drawing neck back", 6 for TWT across diagonal (bringing quarter left at times), 6 into right canter (needs to go forward thru trans), 7's for canter down long side and circle with G&R inside rein and down into trot. 6 for turn left after turning across school BE (lost connection on turn) which he deserved then 8 for final halt which I dont think he deserved as he yawed into it but what do I know! 7777 "Accurate and flowing but needs to take the bridle forwards at times" This is Monty pulling out his opposite trick to being a giraffe and sitting behind the contact instead. Grrr! Anyway got 31.5 and came 3rd out of the same 10. Same judge for both tests.
Moving onto this week we have clear round jumping on Wed night - eek - first course since May! Then N39 affiliated at Merrist Wood on Sat morning followed by BE JT80 at BCA on Sunday morning - busy busy!
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