Because the Hunter Trial was canclled I jumped Vin in the arena at home.
Sue had set up a schooling grid of three fences on an eliptical line with the elements seperated by two strides and three strides.
 Vin jumped the first element brilliantly (albeit almost always on the wrong leg because he wouldn’t give up right lead canter).
We did four laps and then added in the second element.
He was slightly hesitant, but we got over and again did four laps.
But he wouldn’t jump the first element when we added that to the string.
I don’t know how much of it was Vin being unsure or me being unsure.
But this evening I’m not feeling very positive about our jumping ability, which is a shame because next weekend we’re in the Mercian Teams Two-Phase competition down in Gloucestershire.
Oh hell.
B.