Our First 1st!!!

Today was Jumps E.C. in Carluke. Up at 5am *yawn* and set off in good time. However...apparently the A73 is different to the M73 and in typical style, I was lost. Never have I got to this bloody place without getting lost. Anyway, after a heeuuge detour we arrived and got settled.

Our first class was Youngstock and there were 4 in our class of varying types and breeds. Squig performed well, but had the usual ants in her pants at the 'standing still' bit! Judge liked her and the clever lady placed us 1st!! Woohoo! So pleased. This means we qualify for Saltire Series and also Festival of Champions in Edinburgh. A couple more day trips for us, Yeah!

We also had In Hand Hunter/Sports Horse, by which time she was reaallly fidgety but did well again and came 2nd. I think I'll buy that nice lady judge a bunch of flowers for her expert judging...

That all meant we had a Championship to do today aswell, but there was a big break in proceedings and then about 7 more classes. I decided that she had done enough for the day and we had a long journey home so we shared a can of Irn-Bru and hit the road.

All in all, a good day had by all and sweet dreams for me tonight!

Easterton 4 May '09

So we took a little trip out to Milngavie yesterday for a quiet little show. Had to be on the rainiest day of the year of course... Luckily we weren't on grass, but still managed to look like swamp monsters once we had finished.

Squig travelled well as usual and was (again) very excited at the show. She also clocked a stallion trotting about and decided to show off a bit! 6 in the class and we were placed 3rd, which is probably pretty fair considering the others in the class and she didn't perform as well as usual.

On the way home she decided she didn't want to load, bit of a shocker as she is usually so keen! Anyway after a bit of a fight she relented and we got home in one piece. The next one isn't for a few weeks (thank god). I think we had better do some trailer practice before then......