Ian Bareham
organises a great derby show spread over two days, I took my two BSJA
registered horses Holly & Ollie on the first day. Holly was entered into
the 1m derby & 1.05cm class, we won the 1m derby and were 5th in the 1.05.
Corby picking up Holly's prize!
Holly in the ribbons!
Ollie was
entered for the 1.10 which he won, wasn't sure what to do next 1.20 or 1.25. I
was brave and entered him into the 1.25, this would be his first time jumping
this height and I haven't jumped a course like this for some time! He proved he
could do it by doing a foot perfect round jumping out of his socks!! Jump off
was next, it goes up two holes which made it 1.35 and it looked huge! We went
clear to come 2nd behind Lisa Long who did a fantastic fast round!
I was back
again on the Sunday with the same two horses, and even my fiancée came for the
ride and my friend Kerrie who kindly looked after Oscar. Holly was entered for
the 1.05 derby where she had a cheeky stop second to last which was a shame as
there weren’t many clears. Ollie jumped the 1.15 derby before the Eventers Challenge,
a good warm up class for him. We went clear but had a time fault (gutted!).
The Eventers
Challenge is a mixture of show jumps and XC fences which include corners,
skinnies, banks, water etc, the height is 1.10-1.25cm.
There were
a lot of eventers entered Brook Staples, Clare Lewis, Sam Penn, Sasha Hourigan
(Pemble), Anna Hilton and many others. First person to go was a showjumper who
did a fast clear. I just wanted to get Ollie around, we did a super clear and
came 6th, there were only two clears, Ollie and I and the winner.
Ollie - Eventers Challenge 6th
After
everyone put the horses away Ian invited us back for food, he put on a lovely
spread (yummy fresh strawberries with chocolate profiteroles!).
Overall a
good weekend coming back money up!
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