So we didn’t go to the hunter trial, the amount of rain we’ve had in the last four days made the going too soft for me to be comfortable with.
As a consolation, Owen set up a course of 10 fences in the indoor arena and five of us had an individual half-hour each to practice jumping a course of show-jumps, with Owen offering helpful advice.
An individual half-hour to practice and refine jumping a tricky show-jumping track under the eye of an accredited British Eventing coach, who is also one of this country’s top professional Event riders?
What’s not to like?
Tom and I jumped the track five times, each time we refined different areas of our technique after words of advice from Owen.
It’s now 22.20.
I don’t think I’ve stopped smiling once.
Tom’s new saddle must be working out then. Sounds like loads of fun.