Double clear! Jasper and I repeated last years feat to have the most amazing double clear!!
This enabled us to keep our 4th place meaning we have qualified to move up a level to compete at National Intermediate level next season. This is particularly good news to me as standing presentation is only compulsory in Novice classes and with my very old carriage we do not always get very good scores for this no matter how clean everything is.
Galloping round the arena on our lap of honour was the mo...
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Up early for the marathon this morning! After walking them in the dark last night they seemed much easier to remember this morning. The route was stunning and we ran into lots of dear this year (just like last year) all helpfully stood in the middle of a compulsory flag. They did move... eventually! I was not particularly pleased with our obstacles as I made a foolish mistake in the 7th which cost us valuable time but importantly we got round safely. I was less disappointed when I realised we...
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The weather here at Windsor is wonderful! I feel like I am back in Spain, although it is a bit chillier in the mornings!
We were on quite late today and Jasper did the BEST test he has ever done! He scored 45 and we are currently in 2nd place! We are quite a long way behind the leader but I am so chuffed with how well he went today. We also got 50/50 in our presentation so huge thanks to my 'Gleam Team' who are better known as my Mum, Julie, Ann and Kiera who have spent hours helping polish ev...
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Today we are off to the BHDTA National Championships at the Queen Victoria Review Ground, Windsor Great Park.
Jasper is bathed, clipped, shod and ready to go. He has also had his mane pulled and is looking very handsome!
His tail is all wrapped up to stop him ruining it and we are all loaded up ready to go!

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Spent a great weekend at Windsor Park Equestrian Clubs two day club event. As my exams (and Austria!!) are getting pretty close I'm not competing this weekend but instead backstepping for my friend Jo Basset and her pony Flash.
I had such fun, and it was really nice to be out and about without the added stress of actually competing myself for a change. Its been a while since I have done any backstepping and I really enjoyed myself.
Driving up to Windsor was also my first solo long distance driv...
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Watching all that polo yesterday has turned Jasper into a marathon star! We won the marathon and had one of the best scores out of the whole event! We have done a lot of fittening work with him recently which meant the marathon seemed easy to him. We had some of the fastest times and he finished feeling like he would go round again. At the halt he had his Horse Quencher and has a heart rate of just 52 which was great. After that fabulous result we finished 2nd overall, with enough people in t...
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Had a bit of a suprise when I got home from school yesterday as Jasper had changed colour! Mum had finally got round to clipping him and much as I hate to admit it I am very impressed with how neat a job she has done.
Having spent the past week removing all the mud from Ashfields from all our kit and loading everything back up we actually did leave as soon as I got home from school. Hurray! The journey was stressful as trying to find the right gate to enter the Great Park and towing a trailer...
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