As I sit here writing we are just about to head out and
finish our last bit of harvesting, it’s been a tough Summer on that front and
seems strange to still have corn in the field this late on in September,
especially when I’m not allowed to put the heating on until harvest is over!!
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| Herbie suited and booted |
Since my last blog Herbie and I competed in the Novice at
Richmond Horse Trials, I’ve had a trip to Burghley (spectating and shopping!)
and a trip to Ireland to Goresbridge Horse Sales.
I headed to Richmond off the back of a good run at Somerford
Park and I really felt Herbie had benefited from the trip. At Richmond he
posted a great dressage of 25.5 to put us about 3 marks ahead of the rest of
the field. His dressage has been consistently strong recently so I knew the
work was to do over the coloured poles. He jumped really well and just rolled
one pole leaving us right up there which was great. He then stormed round the
cross country with just 3 time faults to end up second. I was absolutely chuffed
to bits and this also means we have qualified for the Corinthian Cup at
Gatcombe next year!
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| Richmond Presentation |
We head off to Allerton Park this weekend and then straight
up to Aske the following weekend for our first CIC1*. I’m super excited to be
tackling our first event under international rules and will be sure to update
on how we get on.
Our trip to Goresbridge Horse Sales was a real eye opener
and something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. We spent two days looking at
over 300 horses and if I’m totally honest it was quite daunting! They were all
3 year olds so they loose jumped, were trotted up and then went in the sale
ring. Unfortunately we didn’t end up coming back with anything, we picked one
out on the second day but it showed up a small issue during the vetting so
unfortunately we came home empty handed. This said, it was fantastic to look at
that many horses and it really improves your ability to spot things and weigh
up what you do and don’t like in a potential horse, definitely something I’d
recommend!
I’ve got a busy couple of weeks before we hibernate for the
winter so I hope Herbie is ready to turn up the heat and perform his little
socks off before a well-deserved holiday!
Best wishes to everyone else who is coming to the end of
their season.
Lucie
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