Jumping at Raider

Due to my dismal start back jumping I asked my friend Michelle if she had time to come & give me a lesson at Raider Lodge today. She agreed and off we went!

Michelle started with place poles & a small cross - Cobs got a bit excited to start off with but settled in really well so the jumps went up quickly. I was surprised at how quickly I felt back to normal so that was great - has made me feel a lot happier about things now so was well worth doing.

By the end of the ride we were trotting into 1m oxer and cantering off & doing a course. Was great & I am so grateful for Michelle coming down to give us a hand. Thanks!!

Wainui Practice XC

Cobs has been back in work a few weeks - he has been pretty full of himself as we have NO grass so its getting huge feeds twice a day so that energy has to go somewhere!

In the two months its been since I jumped I have lost some confidence - intro jumps now look huge! When I saw Wainui advertising their practice night thought it would be a good idea to take him out & see how things went.

I was a bit concerned at how he would be going out again but he was absolutely fine. So thats a relief!!

Jumping.....well he is pretty excited to be doing it again and I am a nana again so that combination never bodes well! However we did do a few good jumps but on a whole it was pretty damn messy. I want to really concentrate & do a lot of jumping over the next few weeks to try and get us back even to half way where we were before I turned him out.

Unfortunately we still have not had any rain so the ground is absolutely no better than it was two months ago which sucks. Never mind - he seems to be coping fine with it so will just play it by ear. It has to rain soon right??