April and May and the Rain!!!
25 May 2008

April was disastrous as there was so muhc rain that many event were cancelled...so we didnt get out much, so after a brilliant Munstead with a win (Bartle) and a place(Rosa)and a near placing with Hera, we didnt get out again till May. Nurstead cOurt was a very nice course, great real xc course with galloping fences across undulating land, Bartle loved it and we came 6th! Mattingley was a challenging event, we had Sam (Jays silver spirit) out for his first proper intro tis year after being of with many lameness issues, and he was a good boy, going clear xc albeit very slowly, he was still in shock that i expected him to jump the things i did!! Hera went extremely well for her, the record doesnt tell the whole story. hera ddi her first proper "stylish" clear sj and the two stops xc were just little looks into the ditches, one was an unlucky stop, she barely stepped back, but alas an inch or two backwards is enoug to get 20 penalties.

Rosa was not on form for some reason she was unhappy in warm up at mattingley...i got her round with muhc enocouragement clear sj, it took everything i had, but very unusually for her she stopped xc. I suspect she is out of sorts somewhere in her body, this has hapend with Rosa before, she like many mares can be unpredicatble in her sttitude to jumping, so we will push on after vet checks, and as long as no signs of physical problems, we will work on idea that she is just having a "phase" and that she will come out in a few outings on the other side, going clear xc again i hope.

Borde Hill next, and Bartles first PNP, should be intersting?



Links to other Events
Elstead RC dressage
June 8th Chiddingfold Pony Club ODE event at fairoak
Acadmy Pony wins at Mini SJ
Unaffiliated Tweseldown ODE
Munstead Combined Training
Duke of Bartle 2nd at South of England
The Empower Your Riding Clinic
Tiger Tim IV makes it three placings in a row
South of England nearly fantastic!!
Lisa is National Riding Test Champion
Rackham, Iping and Mattingley
Tweseldown starts the season for me
Charles De Kunffy at TTT
TTT Events coming up. Mark Phillips Clinic
Herwig Radnetter Clinic at TTT October 12 /13th
My promotional video
XC Tweseldown Sept 09 more pics to follow
Show Jumping Clinics Weekly.....
Summer Update
The Duke of Bartle wins Eridge second year running.
Jays Silver Spirit won Riding Test But then....
Jays Silver Spirit going to Brightling
More Olympic Memories
Athens Olympics a few memories!
Photo slideshow a few of my favourites over the last 5 years
Duke of Bartle Second at Nurstead PN
Sarah Elliott and Duke of Bartle win at Borde Hill
Borde Hill Horse Trials Next Saturday
Jays Silver Spirit goes double clear at Mattingley
Duke of Bartle Second at Nurstead PN
XC Skills Clinics Iping May 16th and others
New Season Kicks off!
Next year Lecture Demo
End of Season summary
Gridwork and Jumping Clinics South East
Duke of Bartle and Sarah succeed first time out!
July 8th XC at Tweseldown All Welcome
The Duke of Bartle Wins again
Call Me....XC clinics...Dressage clinics
April and May and the Rain!!!
Nearly March My Horses Update
New Season 2008
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