Author: teamjeanneventing

OUR FIRST ADVANCED 

It was both mine and Vince’s first Advanced at Burnham Market today Vince did a really lovely test only spoilt by me fluffing one of his flying changes  So we were really disappointed to get a 39.4 and then confused when we got the sheet back, one judge mainly pointed out what he didn’t like about his confirmation!? ( I’m not going to saw some of his back legs off to make him less crop high 😂). But after his surprise good score last time i guess it evens out.

He then jumped a fab clear show jumping  followed by an ALMOST clear xc… he jumped so boldy over the first element of 15 the second element slipped by  he jumped through the trickiest combinations on the course (end of the video ⬇️⬇️) so easily, around a course identical to the 3 star…. so although very slightly frustrated with our first genuine mistake 20pens I am thrilled with how confidently he stepped up to this level! So much love for this dude ❤

MASSIVE thanks to Burnham Market International Horse Trials for a fantastic event where the going was amazing! Thank you thank you thank you 

Y x

THE FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON 
Vince and Yvie were in the AI (both their first attempts at this level) and it’s safe to say Vince was bouncing off the walls …. 15 going on 5 

The dressage was intermittently explosive with marks ranging from 8 to 3 and they had to restart two movements due to some tantrums  however our aim for this test was to not baby him and put up with his tantrums even if it meant losing marks in the process… somehow he still managed a 32.9 (note to self to never complain about dressage judges ever again ).

He show jumped great in sticky conditions to just rub one pole! However Vince completely flipped his lid in the cross country warm up, meaning we didn’t actually get to warm up but luckily we got him to start (thank you Chris Kirby!). But despite a hairy start they finished clear with 12 time to come 4TH  he may be an idiot at times but has the heart of lion and we wouldn’t trade him for the world #oneinamillion 

MASSIVE thank you to Tweseldown for a fab event and all your hard work, the going was perfect even being last of the day 

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The month kicked off with another win for Vince in the Intermediate combined training at Felbridge   with Baby David also coming to jump a clear round at 1.20m… he was very happy to be out and about for the first time this year  Vince and Dave are polar opposites to ride and jump and Yvie can find it hard to switch between the two but we are working hard on doing them both justice … we are so very lucky to have two such talented ponies 

The following week it was back to Felbridge for a spot of show jumping, Baby David did a smooth double clear in the 1.20m… riding him is becoming a lot more instinctive! and Vince just rubbed a pole in the 1.30m but felt on fine form 

We also had little Kerry to stay (owned by Kim Nye). She is a fab little mare who was with us for 3 weeks while Kim was on holiday  She was such a little star and possibly the easiest, most lovely to ride horse we have had 👇👇

A massive highlight of this month was taking Vince cross country schooling for the first time this year  and what can I say… he was such a pro making it feel so easy 😍 the season is coming and we are ready 

However a massive low this month is that 6yo Ron (Clonshire Reward) has broken his pedal bone and so will be out for the first half of the season  we are pretty gutted but relieved that his sudden acute lameness has a relatively straight forward solution…. we are now looking for volunteers to get back on him after 6 weeks box rest  to see videos of his antics please see our January blog update… its definitely worth a watch 

To finish up this month Milo and Lloyd went to Coombelands for combined training in cold and blustery conditions  Both did tests with lots of room for improvement…especially Milo who needs to learn to stay in the arena 😂 Then both just had one pole down, we are super pleased with both of them 

The next update will be an actual event update eeeek!!

January has meant that the horses have concluded their walk and trot work following their holidays and are being slowly built up for the 2018 season. after a couple of weeks of schooling they are allowed their first jump of the year which can be an erm exciting experience as demonstrated by rising 6yo Ron (Clonshire Reward) ⬇️⬇️😂😂

Needless to say all the other horses Dave (BABY DAVID), Vince (OH STAR II Z) and Milo (NOBLE SQUIRE) were on springs for their first jumps of the year… just not quite so exuberant 😂

Ron and Vince then went to dressage both pulling of good tests for their first outing to come 3rd in their respective sections. They then went to Felbridge combined training a week later for something abit more exciting than dressage! Ron did his best test yet followed by a cracking show jumping round with just the one pole rolled due to some green moments early on in the round (not so cocky now!!). Vince was on fine form doing an excitable test followed by an effortless clear round to WIN the intermediate section 🏆

Lloyd and Zerena also went to combined training putting in a confident performance following a month of hunting and cross country training!

preparations continue for the season… the countdown begins ⏰😮

A good but not a winning day with baby Ron (Clonshire Reward) yesterday in the BE100 at Tweseldown 🐤

He did a much improved dressage for 32 which we were really happy with as he struggles most in this phase and he did get fed up towards the end  He then had an attack of the baby wobbles at the spooky fillers in the show jumping to then have the simplest fence down He was similarly wobbly at the beginning of the cross country but soon grew in confidence to go round clear with a few too fast(!?) time penalties… Yvie wasn’t wearing a watch as she was just letting him find his own rhythm but clearly she needs to as Ron is faster than he looks

So yesterday the CIC** with Vince really didn’t go to plan… He has been feeling himself (finally) in these past few weeks following his virus which took lots more out of him than we first thought  For some reason before the dressage I had a complete attack of nerves, normally I don’t get too nervous (especially before a dressage test!) But all i could think about was if he was actually ok and it completely threw me. He has been going so beautifully and I let him down by being too tense and even going wrong in my test (something I haven’t done since I was 13!) He totally didn’t deserve it