Stay in control

This was my office today. Back home after a flipping marvellous day. I was commentating the XC for the Area 14 & 8 Riding Club ODE at Poplar Park.

The XC Control dream team was in full force. Not a clue how many combinations there were, but the first horse went off at 10:20am and the last one came back at 5:40pm.

We had to deal with pretty much everything you could deal with on a XC course. Falls, eliminations, loose horses, the removal of a fence mid-class, missed fences, jumping the wrong course to name a few. But we had it covered from start to finish.

We’ve been asked back next year. And I managed to pronounce almost all of the horses names! Bonus!!

Speed demon

This is the face of someone who’s just let her horse gallop flat out up the gallop strip.

First time this year. And very much needed.

Not as much control as I would have liked over the speed as someone wanted to run!! He was definitely embracing his TB breeding today.

But he came back as soon as I asked and that’s the main thing. 🐎😍 Good job we both love going fast.