Creeslough and Argentinus took on the bold BE100 track with plenty to ask and an influential water. Where newly upgraded horse Ballycullane Dundee was taking on the Novice.
Argentinus had a nice early start of an 8.30 dressage which with the predicted hot day ahead we were both quite happy. He did a nice test in the 5yo only class which ran over the BE100 track. His dressage seems to be really coming together now and he is much more confident although we now need to start working on having the movements a little more up hill and forward.
He then had one down in what seemed to be a very small show jumping course especially in comparison to some of the BSJA tracks he has been jumping. Not really having to make much of an effort he took one rail.
He gave me a brilliant ride XC and found it easy and is now showing so much enthusiasm for his work.
He finished just out of the placings due to that rail.
Creeslough did a lovely test much more consistent than Hambleden and didn't get distracted quite so easily today.
He had somewhat of an interesting time in the show jumping, where the judges failed to see a rail that had fallen in the later part of the course once i had already started jumping, so a little un-sure of what i should do, i hesitated on the approach to the fence 3 and 4 related distance line but then continued to jump the fence whilst it was fallen. Later round the course on the approach to fence 6 the fence builder spotted the issue and rushed to put it up and Creeslough being the noisy horse he is got distracted and missed fence 6 altogether, incurring 4 faults.
Sadly he also picked up time for this, a lesson well learnt.. if in doubt just keep going!
Creeslough has certainly taken to his new career proving extremely bold across country, and very little seems to be backing his off, although not strong he thinks he can taken out strides when ever.. not so good in a combination with a skinny!! so annoyingly had a run out at the narrow log early in the course.
Both horses took on the spooky water which had been the bogey fence all morning, neither horse barely even hesitated to go down the step under some trees which meant it was rather dark and spooky.
Novice horse Ballycullane Dundee did a lovely dressage test scoring one of his lowest marks to date, he then had one fence down in the show jumping.
The XC was extremely bold and influential and i think he will have learnt alot from this run, With wide ditches and big hedges, something that he has now learnt cant just be jumped extremly high in Dundee Style but he also needs to stretch out over the wider parts which he has not really needed to do at the lower levels which come so easy to him.
He slightly lost his footing when jumping the HUGE trakener when he gave it so much height and not so much width. Clearing this well but slightly loosing his footing.
The sunken road came of somewhat a shock and he unfortunately picked up a refusal here.
Very pleased with him today and i think he will really progress from this strong testing novice course.
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