February 6th 2009
We did our first Intro ODE (max height 65cm).
Was a lot of fun. Shina was quite calm on arrival this time out.
Dressage was, hmmmm, okay, lol, but we did it.
We had 1 stop in the show jumping and that was at the first jump,
mostly rider error!! Cleared the rest well, even tho at a trot, and
'hoping' over them! Cross country was a nice wee course (except
for the staircase), mostly trotted round because I just couldn't get
her to go any faster, she was busy spooking at the ground and the
numbers on the jumps! So, we jumped most of them from an almost
standstill, LOL, cause she was hesitant on the approach to them all.
We posted a big "E" because of the 'lose of forward motion' at some
of the jumps, but's okay, because we got around and had fun. Will post xcountry pics
when I have them.
