March 2006
A Wet And Rainy March
Well I’m disappointed to say that JAS
was nothing great, we performed well but not well enough to meet the
grade. Still it was a great experience and I am holding high hopes
for next year.
I also took Dunauger to Aston le Walls, a two day course which was
excellent, and gave us good preparation for the busy season ahead.
Next we travelled to Isleham Horse Trials. Dunauger found the whole
experience somewhat exciting as it was the start of the outdoor
season which made things quite difficult for me! All in all it was
not a great day, the course was twisty and quite difficult. It was
also so cold the water jumps had frozen, otherwise the water jumping
complex looked quite good.
We had a better day later in the
month when we went to Lincoln, where they have a really good
galloping track which was fun. I was also due to take Dunaguer to
Witton Castle Horse Trials which I always look forward to but it was
cancelled due to wet weather conditions. It’s a big shame as it
would have been a good experience for him.
I am spending a lot of time working on Dunaguer at the moment and
hanging fire with Forget Me Not as she is only young. I keep taking
her to lots of unaffiliated one day events and we have a good event
coming up at Richmond shortly which will be good practice.
I am really looking forward to some warmer weather now we are into
Spring, up here in Harrogate we have had loads of rain which has not
been great for riding, and I have had a horrendous cold which seems
to have lasted for ages! I suppose all the travelling around and
sleeping in the horse box has not helped me to get better.
Coming up next is Belton Horse Trials which is a very prestigious
event so I’ll let you know how I got on next month, hopefully with
some good news!
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