Cobs was great at the float etc so hopefully we have worked through that issue :) He threw a tantie when a girl galloped right behind us while we were warming up so that unsettled him a bit but worked through it okay.
They ran the day so that you did four show jumps then do a full xc course then back into the sj ring & do another four jumps. I went into the sj ring and as soon as the bell rang he decided that he didn't really want to do it so leapt sideways and wouldn't go faster than a trot forward. So I made him do the jump from that as I didn't want him to get away with it. Then once he realised what was going on he was fine....odd.
The xc course was really good - he was too busy looking at the people walking up and down beside the jumps for the first four jumps but then got into an awesome rhythm and just stormed round the course. Was so pleased with him. He didn't really back off anything at all and was just a really neat ride round. He jumped the corner great and did a HUGE leap over the ditch (just like last time LOL!).
We then went into the sj ring to finish our round however the jumps were basically on a 20 metre circle so I just trotted him round. Didn't want him to slip over after doing such a great xc round.
It ended up we got third - YAY :) We were allowed to choose a prize so I chose a voucher for Warwick Behrns the horse dentist for the value of $90 so that was fabulous!
Very pleased with him - obviously still a lot to work on but the way he did the xc round was great and very encouraging :)
No I am not picking my nose LOL!
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Looks like you two had fun and congrats on the 3rd place finish!!
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