Munstead UA 100cm 24-04-16

Finally, an event!  Got a last minute slot after Hambleden was cancelled.  Fortunately it was in the section using the Badminton dressage test so that was a good practice.  Went down to warmup for dressage to be told it was running an hour late and no-one had told us!  So sit around for an hour then go back again to find they still haven't started my class.  Eventually after 45mins warmup (normallly do 25mins!) we finally got to do our test.  He did a sweet test, nothing very exciting but scored 25.5, just 1.5pens off the leader.

Off to walk the course - nothing very exciting, pretty much the same course as we did last time there 2yrs ago except they'd turned the corner round so now it was quite a meaty left corner.

On to the SJ to find they had about 50 numbers on the board, half of whom weren't even in the warmup yet so turned around again, put number down and twiddled fingers for a bit longer.  Eventually got to SJ.  He was keen in the warmup although had a bit of a major nap attack at the entrance.  Went in and charged around with no regard for the fences at all.  They're not very substantial with plastic wings and not very big either and he just went through half of them for 4 down - worst ever score!  We could have won the section with one down, but not 4!!

He then zoomed round the XC.   First time using a watch and despite sticking roughly to minute markers I made up the last section of the course far too easily and we were 3secs too fast so 1.2 time pens.  He felt super though - bounded round no probs and was really straight and good at the corner.