Browsing Archive: December, 2012

December 31st Happy New Year

Posted by A O'Neill on Monday, December 31, 2012, In : Day to day 
Happy new year from everyone at Team O'Neill! Hopefully 2013 will be every bit as awesome as the past 12 months have been. Looking back, my highlight has to be representing Great Britain with Jasper back in July during those glorious few months for British sport, I have never been more proud of my country or of my pony.
Much as I wish Carriage Driving was in the Olympics, I feel privileged to have a small taste of what it is like to compete at the highest level, and you never know, one day we...
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December 30th Hat Trick at BCA!

Posted by A O'Neill on Monday, December 31, 2012, In : Indoor Driving 
Jasper and I scored a hat trick today without third consecutive win in Novice Pony in the Thames Valley Region.
After an early start we arrived and did a nice dressage test to put us in 2nd place. I was particularly pleased with Jasper's attempt at lengthening today, as I thought he really tried. We then had an easy clear in what looked like a very challenging cones course but it actually drove fine. Jasper was then amazing in the obstacles and we had the fastest times in our class to win the...
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December 25th Feeling Festive!

Posted by A O'Neill on Tuesday, December 25, 2012, In : Day to day 

ITS CHRISTMAS! No matter how old I get I still have exactly the same, child like attitude towards Christmas and get stupidly excited about it. Today Jasper and I dressed up as Father Christmas and went to spread some Christmas cheer around our Village. Jasper was keen to be out and was trotting along proudly, which was probably to do with the fact his blinkers prevented him from seeing quite how silly I looked! Jasper is a bit of a poser and if he was human, would have been embarrassed to be ...
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December 14th Home from Uni

Posted by A O'Neill on Tuesday, December 25, 2012, In : Day to day 
I can hardly believe my first term at uni is over! I have enjoyed it so much but I am definitely ready to come home to recharge my batteries. My holidays look set to be busy as usual with competitions and work to do to as well as the usual commitments of family and uni work.
In truth right now I am very tired and just looking forward to a nice lie in as well as to driving Jasper.

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