The day after tomorrow Tom and I are supposed to be competing at Allenshill in the Eventer Challenge 90cm class.<\/p>\n
That’s British Eventing’s dressage test #92 and approximately 19 simulated cross-country fences at 90cm height.<\/p>\n
Except I feel that taking part in something as adrenaline-busting as Soph’s big book read (below) is marginally beyond my reach, performing the work necessary to compete with Tom is currently beyond the dark side of the moon.<\/p>\n
Yes, sadly I’m still not 100% fit.<\/p>\n
But I’m committed to going, on Friday, for more than one reason.<\/p>\n
There are so many horses going to Allenshill from our yard on Friday that my lorry has been pressed in to service as a horse-taxi.<\/p>\n
I’m taking three horses in my lorry and Owen is taking three horses in his.<\/p>\n
I’ve decided that I’m still going to have a go at competing. After all, I can always retire if it’s too much for me.<\/p>\n
The bad news is that I still have to learn the dressage test, and my brain is refusing to co-operate with anything associated with working.<\/p>\n
Bugger.<\/p>\n