Colleen, my mom, and Connor are making the trek up to Bromont in Canada tomorrow, for the CIC* there. It is her last chance to qualify for Young Riders for this year, so hopefully she will do well!
Colleen's competition yesterday was sort of a warm-up for Bromont. She only did dressage and stadium, because of the muddy footing on cross country from all the rain we had this past week. The two of them had a nice dressage test, with one little mishap in the canter - Connor was being lazy, and Colleen kicked him forward, causing him to give a little buck of irritation. The rest of the test was nice, however, and they were well placed after dressage.
Their showjumping didn't go very well; Connor was a little quick and inattentive to Colleen, so they had three rails. She did as well as she could with him, though!
I rode Lady today in her first event, and she was fabulous! She was very calm and quiet for the dressage, earning a 36.5, which we were very pleased with! Showjumping went well, too, as she quietly cantered over the course, jumping clean.
Cross country was going to be the tough phase for us, though. Lady is not very experienced on cross country, particularly with water. Over the first few jumps, she seemed a little confused as to why she was jumping such strange little logs out in a field - but she settled in quickly and jumped very well around the course! We had two stops, though: one was my fault, because I really didn't set her up for the jump, and she didn't see it in time. The second was at the water - she balked, and I suppose she took a step or two back (if a horse stops forward motion at the water, then it is counted as a refusal). Nevertheless, I was very pleased to see that it only took a few seconds to prod her in, and she didn't throw a fuss or anything! By the end of the course she was taking all the jumps easily in stride.
All in all, it was a pretty successful weekend! I will update to let everyone know how Colleen goes at Bromont - wish her luck!
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