I AM still alive...

It has been a rather long time since my last blog post, but life has been insane recently! I thought I would just give you all a little update on me and my crazy mare.

Competition Report - Shelford (2)

I went to the second competition at Shelford on Thursday. It was great that they ran a midweek event, as it meant I didn't need to use up any holiday on it - it was already on my day off! 

My superstar pony was back. We had a fabulous day! 

Competition Report - Skipton (2)

Last Sunday we went back up to Skipton for their second horse trials of the season. I really like the XC at skipton, but their dressage arena placement is not for us (right next to the XC warm up/start), and the journey there is outright horrible - both this and last time we ended up going through the middle of Bradford! We found a different route on the way back but the journeys have just been quite stressful.

I had late times, so at least that was nice - she stayed out the night before and I had time to plait up in the morning before setting off. I was slightly dissapointed walking the XC as I was hoping for a little bit of a change on the course - nope. It was pretty much exactly the same as last time! At other events where I have attended multiple ones at the same venue, they usually change things up a bit. I think there was one fence that they had turned into a combination and the rest was the same.

Competition Report - Frickley

Frickley is a really local event for me, and I placed 5th here in the 90 last year which automatically means you have slightly higher expectations. But neither of us were on our A game and I left feeling a bit "blah" about it all!

I managed to get over and walk the cross country the day before, and was feeling pretty good about that part. A friend was competing in the 80 so I watched her SJ, and one thing a lot of people were saying was that the arena was very uneven, which it was.

So I went home and got Emmie all ready, and bravely turned her back out in the field (she's much happier out) ready for an early start.

Product Review - Prolite Girth

So a lot of people (including myself) have been waiting in anticipation for the new Prolite girth to come out. I've had mine for a couple of weeks now and have been using it on both my saddles since. 

The new girth is the only real copy of the Fairfax girth, which we have already heard a lot about. So in theory it is the same girth (but synthetic) at a fraction of the price, which is why I was eager to try it. 

Competition Report - Buckminster Park

Wow, what a day! I am so tired but wanted to get this blog post done while the event was still fresh. I need to make sure I keep on top of doing that, then it's a much better record of my events!

Anyway, today we were at Buckminster Park to compete in the BE100. It was my first time at Buckminster, so I wasn't too sure what it would be like, but it was a great event and one I'd love to return to! 

Competition Report - Skipton Horse Trials

I'm finally here with another blog post... woops! Sorry about that gap! I'm terrible with these things!

So it's been a month since I last posted, and in the past month I have taken and passed my trailer test (WOO!) and also been arena eventing at Port Royal, where she was a really good girl.

Last weekend we went to Skipton in North Yorkshire for our first affiliated BE100 of the year, and our first one since Richmond last year. Cue not being able to sleep the night before due to nerves... not something I usually suffer from, but I was so worried that we weren't ready for it!