Yesterday we had the last Area 20 Qualifiers for the British Riding Clubs National Championships. This time it was Showjumping. Percy had to take on Frankie's role and jumped in the open which was certainly the biggest tracks he's ever jumped. I was thrilled to pieces with how he took it on. He had 4 faults in the first round because he slipped on a cow pat!!! Then in the second round he had 2 down, again one due to another cow pat and the other just because he got away from me a bit in a related distance. He showed fantastic promise. The Nantwich team of John Done, Amanda Dakin, Lisa Cadman and I won so are heading to the Championships. Next was Florence in the Intermediate, she was awesome in all three rounds jumping three perfect clears. Giving the Nantwich team of Darren Hegan, Charlotte Clewlow, Corrie McClellen and I second place and another qualification for the championships. We were supposed to jump off again for individual placings but because we had already qualified we decided not to, as she still had her style class to jump. Florence jumped an impeccable round in the Style Jumping class but we had a really unlucky fence down. We finished 3rd and the Nantwich team of Lisa Cadman, Charlotte Clewlow, Sarah Major and I won and got another Championships ticket.Overall a very good day but a very tiring one in the heat. Delighted that my little team are heading to the National Championships in September in 5 classes in total, we qualified for everything we entered. Its going to be a busy day :-)
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