After our problems at Tweseldown, we decided to take Polly along to Firle Hunter Trials for some more competition cross country experience. I'm happy to report that not only did she jump round clear, she also managed to gain a rosette for 10th place in a big class of over 60 competitors!
It was a very early start of 4am to leave for Great Witchingham, which was really only 3am due to the clock change! Made worse by the fact that I had only got home from France at 9pm the night before! I was pleased with her dressage test, but the judge didn't feel the same and gave us a score of 37, although the whole section was quite harshly marked. Unfortunately we then had a couple of poles in the show jumping. However, the main purpose of the outing was to complete the cross country course, and I'm pleased to say not only did we manage to complete, we did it with no jumping faults either, although we incurred a lot of time faults due to a little disagreement in one part of the course!
It was a very early start of 4am to leave for Great Witchingham, which was really only 3am due to the clock change! Made worse by the fact that I had only got home from France at 9pm the night before! I was pleased with her dressage test, but the judge didn't feel the same and gave us a score of 37, although the whole section was quite harshly marked. Unfortunately we then had a couple of poles in the show jumping. However, the main purpose of the outing was to complete the cross country course, and I'm pleased to say not only did we manage to complete, we did it with no jumping faults either, although we incurred a lot of time faults due to a little disagreement in one part of the course!