Since my last blog i feel like it's been none stop, I'm only just catching my breath.
The big news first Castle Troy made it out to a BD competition for the 1st time since 2010, we entered him into the Medium classes. He was campaigning at this level prior to the accident but when we did compete at Medium we stayed in the Training sections. This was to be my biggest mistake as Troy got injured & i had no recorded proof of riding at Medium Level apart from my sheets.
Troy was ready to go out & compete once more at this level, i decided that i would go for hopeful clear rounds. By clear rounds i mean no spooking, forwards & most of all accurate. We really didn't know how Troy would react to a comp environment as he hadn't been in this situation for a long while. Needless to say he didn't let me down & seemed to be really enjoying himself he always loved competing. We chose Beaver Hall to make his debut back.
He was a little behind the leg in the w-up so i worked on transitions & before i knew it we where being called.
The moment Troy set foot in the main area he lit up. It really was as if he was announcing himself back to competition, he went from being a bit behind the leg to very much in front of the leg. The bell rang & off we went.
He felt fantastic & so forward i beamed my way around the test, i could of ridden the Half passes more but i was more intent in enjoying every second. By the final salute i was in tears, it was such a happy occasion.
More's to the point we ended up 3rd out of 6 starters with a score of 61.4% for a first outing on a horse that was written off i don't think it's a bad result he's also qualified for Hickstead regionals & part qualified Petplans.
Unfortunately we have no pic's as my camera Man (mum) was calling for me.
We decided he will not be competing at the Hickstead regionals, but we will see if we can leisurely secure a Petplan qualification.
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Sky Galante this horse is really coming on, we have our new trainer Steph Cooper (list 1 judge & GP rider) & we are flying.
Galante is much more uphill & his medium trot is really there now. He's is out competing at Novice but i am Keeping him in the Training sections for now as this horse does not deserve any bad or mediocre scores on his record. He is a very promising horse & when you ride him you can feel that GP is really not out of the question for this horse its so exciting. But atm in the dressage arena he can become nervous so I'm working on riding forward tests & not worrying about the score. I know he's more than capable & Steph Cooper has given me great faith in this, but he's not shinning yet in front of the judges it will come i have great faith & patience in this horse.
We did to our surprise manage to get onto the Jennie Loriston - Clarke clinic again this month this was held at Ingestre, it was an enjoyable session. Please see vid link attached.
http://youtu.be/2vHrOUUOPss
We are out with Galante on the 1st July to do his first long arena test, however July is going to be a bit of a slow month due to finances. We have annual vaccinations to do & teeth floating as well as Murphy's ACTH routine testing. So with big vet bill's competing will be on the back burner but i do hope to get out a little.
