Post by Eleanor on May 23, 2010 14:19:45 GMT 1
Please bare with me, I'm trying to do this on my phone!
Jeff got to Fife yesterday in a muck sweat *roley eyed smiley* and he pretty much continued to sweat a lake everytime he was on the showground proper! That is when we got onto the show ground! Jeff was showing off some lovely high piaffes to the right instead of going through the gate! So we finally get there and he walks round the collecting ring lovely. I think I must do something different in the ring to make him jog instead of walk but not realise I'm doing it. So's we gets into thd ring and proceed to jog round 'neighing' (he's been hobdayed so has no vocal chords) trotting he was grand and so was cantering - going forwards gives us both something to think about. He stood pretty ok in the line up but woudnt stand for the judge. Did a grand indi show and properly used his backend to extend. Ended up being movd up from 5th to 3rd. Not sure why he was put above the lovely Denzel who did nothing wrong but the judge isn't a show judge and by the seemsof things didn't have much of a clue what he was doing.
Next was the in-hand. Or in Jeff's case - the jog, trot, refuse to stand and drag mum around class were he was 4th.
He then proceeded to take an HOUR to load to come home ... So not amused! Jeff also started the day chestnut and finishedit roan with all the white sweat coming through! I didn't recogise the horse that stood just above me in-hand when I really should have given that I used to ride it! He has changed so much and looks so well! Hope he is ok today!
I'll put a couple of photo's up later, including 'grumpy face' just for Claire, later when I am back on my laptop. Phew! It's only taken me 25mins to write something that would normally have taken 5 on my comp!
Jeff got to Fife yesterday in a muck sweat *roley eyed smiley* and he pretty much continued to sweat a lake everytime he was on the showground proper! That is when we got onto the show ground! Jeff was showing off some lovely high piaffes to the right instead of going through the gate! So we finally get there and he walks round the collecting ring lovely. I think I must do something different in the ring to make him jog instead of walk but not realise I'm doing it. So's we gets into thd ring and proceed to jog round 'neighing' (he's been hobdayed so has no vocal chords) trotting he was grand and so was cantering - going forwards gives us both something to think about. He stood pretty ok in the line up but woudnt stand for the judge. Did a grand indi show and properly used his backend to extend. Ended up being movd up from 5th to 3rd. Not sure why he was put above the lovely Denzel who did nothing wrong but the judge isn't a show judge and by the seemsof things didn't have much of a clue what he was doing.
Next was the in-hand. Or in Jeff's case - the jog, trot, refuse to stand and drag mum around class were he was 4th.
He then proceeded to take an HOUR to load to come home ... So not amused! Jeff also started the day chestnut and finishedit roan with all the white sweat coming through! I didn't recogise the horse that stood just above me in-hand when I really should have given that I used to ride it! He has changed so much and looks so well! Hope he is ok today!
I'll put a couple of photo's up later, including 'grumpy face' just for Claire, later when I am back on my laptop. Phew! It's only taken me 25mins to write something that would normally have taken 5 on my comp!
so after speaking to the steward and them speaking to the judge I was told nae luck a fecking day of prep down the pan a 12yr old who'd done 2 days practice and was dressed and ready to go dissapointed and me well furious just doesn't cover it 
The boys both behaved well but poor Leo got kicked on his hind leg just before the line up, there was an almighty crack 
weapons of grass destruction
