2012

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The Great Flood…

10th May 2012

After the wonderful weather in March, the last six weeks have been all the more of a nightmare. The school is too soggy to use, with a great pool of silt in one corner washed down off the bank; and the woods aren't much better. Sam has a problem with his back, and is under the physio; Xan has wolf teeth, which have to come out before he can progress; while Teddy seems to dislike his new saddle, fitted by a first-class professional… or is it just that he can't lift his feet out of the squelch without complaining about the effort? Can any of us…?

Sapey BE90 ODE

12th April 2012

Dressage passable, another over-fast SJ with a fence down.

XC absolutely fantastic! Roz and Aina went like pros, going clear - and inside the time without trying. (The only way it should be done!) It's going to seem a long time until the Long Vac.

Howick BE90 ODE

1st April 2012

We'd done a couple of dressage tests at Huntley as a warm-up, and it showed. Roz and Aina did their best test so far to place them in the top half of their section.

This time it was the SJ that went a bit pear-shaped, with an over-fast round and a fence down. Aina is getting over-confident in this phase; it's high time she was jumping bigger fences, which would elicit more respect from her. But it's not a bad problem to have!

XC was a typical first-time-out-and-a-bit-rusty; one run-out was at the bogey fence, the Anchor, but the other was superfluous!

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