So apparently it’s ok to drink too much Gin and Prosecco and get in well after midnight the night before a competition and still perform ok!!! But perhaps I can put having the first fence down in the jump off to the last glass on Pink Gin 🤔 an expensive little mistake when it costs you 1st place and £40!!! Florence was on fire at Tushingham today for the Amateur Second Rounds. She jumped an incredible jump off nearly 1 1/2 seconds clear on the eventual winner but we just rubbed the first fence 🙈 I will take the blame for this as I asked a tiny bit too soon for her to turn in the air just resulting in her lifting her head and dropping her back end 🙈 but OMG she flew. She reads me so well and reacts before I know I’ve asked. She finished in 6th place and took a qualifying place for the Amateur Champs which is later in the year at Aintree. That gives us two tickets for the champs. #excitingtimes
What a day we had yesterday, fun if not a little hormonal with Frankie and Arrow on board Queen Wendy. He thinks he’s the next best thing to Big Star and she’s thinks she’s rather ravishing. Put that together on the lorry and it’s rather excitable!!! I took Mr Pegs to separate them and he wondered what I’d let him in for!!!! We headed off to Berriewood for the Shrewsbury RC Hunter Trial. Arrow hadn’t been out since the BRC National Horse Trials Championships so was a tad excited, we did a couple of crazy manoeuvres in the start box but hung on it there and had a golly nice round. We were a little to quick but it’s all a guessing game with these optimum time things and no watch but I was happy with 2.4 too fast putting us 15th in a large field of 45. Next Harriet got to give Mr Pegs a little hack around the lorry park, she’d initially dressed herself in my body protector and number until she discovered she couldn’t really ride in it. Then it was Frankie’s turn, a year since he last went across country and he loved it. Strong as an ox in the warm up but not so bad once we set off. He gave me a relatively easy ride and finished 6 seconds off the optimum time giving him zero penalties and we ended up in 2nd place out of 40, gaining a qualification for the National Hunter Trial Championships, what a star!!! Still loving the game at 20, although I got the impression he thought he was at Burghley the way we jumped into the water 💦
#kittedoutbyShires #TeamShires (Shires Equestrian) #FedonEquerry (Equerry Horse Feed) #TeamHorslyx (Horslyx) #saddledbyAdamEllis (Adam Ellis Saddles) #PhysiowithNWVP (Northwest Veterinary Physiotherapy) #ChampionRider (Champion Equestrian Wear) #shelteredwithExcelClad (ExcelClad Stables and Shelters) #clippedbythemasters (Masterclip Clippers UK) #BeddedOnConcord (Concord Equestrian) #TeamHydroTherm (Hydrotherm) #trainedwithmirrors (Mirrors for Training) #travelledinstylewithElite (Elite Coachworks & Horseboxes Ltd) #floatingonFlexiride (Equestrian Direct Ltd) #housedatDodcott (Dodcott Grange Stables) What a wonderful day we had at the lovely Calverhall Horse & Pony Show today. A nice local one for us. We had Mr Pegs and HRH on board and they were dudes as always. We did the Best Turned Out first of all and took 2nd place. Then Larissa did the Young Handler for 1st placeEquestrian. Next was the Coloured Class which we took a 1st place in. And finally the plane made an appearance in the Fancy Dress for another 1st place. What a successful day!!! We had some really lovely prizes too. 😁
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