So the eventing season’s now well and truly underway. Dells already had outings to Isleham and Poplar where he jumped double clears in the placings
and last weekend he jumped his first intermediate novice at Great Witchingham
and finished 10^th.
Things are looking up!
Continuing with the success front I also managed to pass my driving
theory test with some rather sketchy revision, “I’ve got loads of time” only to
find out it’s my birthday and my theory is tomorrow....

As well as eventing Dell’s been out doing his dressage practise with Totem, my brothers new horse, in tow for his first few outings. Both of
them got on very well with a 4^th, 2^nd and 1^st
(in the pouring rain). We’ve
also brought the horses home for the summer but as the summer looked like it
was about to kick in it vanished and was replaced by rain, thunder and
lightening. Suffice to say when I
was hacking across a very open and flat field with thunder, I realised I was
the highest point – not cool! Time to go home...QUICK!

But back to Great Witchingham, it would appear that I’m cursed slightly with late start times as by the time we’d claimed a 38.5 in the dressage that kept us in
the running, it was getting kinda darkish – here we go again.... So with people
slightly on edge around the show jumping we kept our heads down and jumped a
good round with just the one down.
Following that we had a lightening quick tack change and were third last
to fly out of the start box like something out of a wild west film as the sun
set – minus the lasso, cows, buffalo and red indians trying to shoot you.... We
jumped a fabulous round with below average time penalties so there were smiles
all round – especially when we finished 10^th.

So we’re well and truly underway and Dell’s next run will be the JRN at South of England followed by another JRN at Nurstead Court. Plus, the baby
of the yard, Gray, should be making a first appearance soon so keep an eye out
– as the name suggests, he’s grey...