So, now Kellys Lad (Louis) has to fit into some rather big shoes and be my main horse for 2012 season, quite a responsibility for a 6 year old. He will be moved up to Novice at Belton and if all goes to plan will contest the ONu18 classes this year and hopefully qualify for Weston Park CCI* at the end of the season. There is no doubt he has the ability, but whether he is mature enough to gain consistent results, we will have to wait and see. I also have a lovely new warmblood by Sandreo from Laura Colette, who has amazing paces but is still quite green as he was not backed until nearly the end of his 4yo year, he is coming along nicely though and first indications are good, we are hoping he will be out in May.
My other new horse is an ex-racehorse called Burway (Teddy) who is very bold and a nice mover, but can't quite seen the point in dressage just yet, hopefully he will also come out about May time.
Anyway, first outing of the year was to take Louis to the JAS at Bishop Burton, he was very excited and jumped fairly well, but was unplaced, probably due to some bucking and squealing as he did his round! He has done a fair bit of BSJA over the Winter, but for some reason finds this class really exciting!
His first event of the year was the BE100 at Oasby. He did a fairly nice test, but got a mean Judge scoring him 38. He was hyper in the showjumping (first time on grass for a while) and had an uncharacteristic 2 down, and then redeemed himself with a lovely clear on the xc. He finished in 17th place and so did not disgrace himself too much.
Then it was off to Burgham for his last BE100 before his upgrade to Novice. I must confess I forgot the test and went wrong, so I was really cross with myself, but he scored 36.5. He did a lovely clear showjumping a near perfect round and then followed this with a lovely clear xc well within the time. He finished the day in 8th place, so first rosette of the year for him.
Until next time,
Phoebe Powell and the Eventing Team.
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