Ian & I really love this Show, the main ring is beautiful, the going is nearly always good, and we’ve done well in the past here.
Not so good this year. The going was very slick. especially the entrance to the main arena where the loaders drove in and out, polishing the grass to a nice shine.
Fast and Furious went round OK but were not happy together. mmm
Rip & Tear set of in the class, went through the first cones, and Teddy slipped and dropped his right shoulder, ok you’d think slow down, resettle and go again, Not Teddy, he threw his head to the right to regain his footing and hooked the rein under the pole. This spelt trouble, Mel the palamino thought she needed to keep cantering at full pelt, Teddy the numpty stuck his head in the clouds and said I Can’t, I don’t understand, where am I? what should I do? Somebody help me! ( if you new him you’d understand all this)
With a lot of hauling and serious help from Ian we managed to stop Mel cantering and bring the pair to a hault. How we missed the Timing gear I’ll never know. Ian got off, fixed the ‘rein issue’ and of we went again, on the longest round ever.
We finished with 126 seconds plus 8 for Ian getting down to fix the problem. We still came 5th
took a lot out of me but I drove a great clear in the Championship and got Reserve Champion! Ponies seem to have forgot the previous run, luckily.
Off to Hickstead next