Feeling festive

Another great lesson with Lewis Palmer over at Neric Equestrian this morning.

Buddy was so more more relaxed this time. Broke out Christmas jumper for the occasion. And Buddy broke out his Elf hat.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Boing

My little boy was flying this afternoon. Mostly away from the hedge that clearly had monster in it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

He’s been in this school thousands of times, but every now and then he decides that the far end of the arena is deadly territory.

I’ve been reading a cracking book called ‘Horse Brain, Human Brain’. It’s really helping me get inside his head.

At least today, we jumped all the jumps. In the right order. With impulsion. And a little bit of style. I’ll take that!!

Sunshine and showers

Got a tad wet today in my jumping lesson. It’s August for crying out loud. Welcome to the British Summer!

Still we came, we jumped, we learnt. Even if we came into some of the jumps slightly sideways cause of the rain. True eventers huh?! 🤪

Redemption

Well Buddy excelled himself today! And not just in the mud stakes. He happily jumped through a double without hesitation or running out.

We nearly didn’t do anything as I left my saddle and bridle at home. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I took them home to clean after the show on Sunday and totally forgot to pick them up.

Luckily it’s a 3 min drive back to mine from the yard. A quick round trip sorted that one out.

Then I saw the mud. Buddy seemed rather pleased with himself. Don’t blame him. It was a glorious day and wonderful he can go out naked.

Time to prepare

As we get closer to lockdown easing, I thought it was time to get the preparations really moving.

A little spot of arena eventing today. Buddy flew everything. Not bad seeing as he hasn’t jumped the palisade jump for probably 18 months.

Then I took him round the block in the lorry. Think he was a bit confused at such a short journey. We’re ready for the off!

Playtime for Buddy

The weather was changeable again today so we headed indoors for a fun jumping session. We were practising our turns and jumping on the angle

Definitely put a smile on my face.

Finish on a high

Having got that out of my system, I headed to the yard and popped Buddy over a few jumps. That put a big smile on my face as we were flying.

Finished the day off with another equestrian webinar. This time with Pippa Funnell and Mark Todd. Really interesting to hear their views on eventing. I’m loving hearing from the legends of the sport.

Not sure Hugo was as interested as I was Slightly distracting view if I’m honest. He does make me laugh though.