Dudley and Cherry had their first event of the season at Eland Lodge over the weekend. Slightly mixed day. Dudley was a little bit hyper with the excitement of being at a proper party!!! Although he was on a little bit of a mission in his dressage, having watched the video back, I would say 41.5 was a little harsh and she deducted two marks off because she said it took longer then 45 seconds to get in the arena after the bell!!!! How mean, think she needs to learn to count. He then jumped a rather flat and cheeky round Showjumping with 3 down. He redeemed himself Xc with a good clear in the time. Cherry was a very good girl all day. Picking up a 30 dressage, was really unlucky to have the last two fences down Showjumping, but was awesome Xc. The two fences down cost us dearly kicking us from second to ninth, but overall thrilled with her. :-)