Sunday we headed off to Burnham Beeches, an event I enjoy going to and return most years. Alex Hamilton-White kindly came as groom and was a fantastic help. First on was Wanadoo Too, he was sadly first to go of the whole day dressage which I believe is a huge disadvantage. He performed a stunning test which we all thought was better than his West Wilts performance, sadly he only got a 30.5 but was still competitive. He showjumped fantastically for a clear and then went xc with an attitude we could have only dreamt about in the past. We finished well inside the optimum time and came back with a 4th rosette. Next outing for him will be Gatcombe Novice providing all goes to plan.
Pencarder Silver Storm was next on, although she came out the lorry with a shoe twisted so we pulled that off and put her back on the lorry.
Kington came out for his 3rd novice, performed a green and wobbly test but did most things in the right places. I was very pleased with a score of 28. He showjumped fantastically for a clear, springing off the floor and not coming close to touching a pole. He set out xc and overjumped fence 3 with a drop behind, this seemed to unsettle him and he jumped the next two rather large so I pulled him up and thought it was best to save him for another day with some xc schooling practice inbetween. He is such a lovely horse that he deserves the time spent on him.
All in all a good outing....next stop Highclere
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