neen
18th Apr 2006, 09:01 PM
Little Fluke (baby share pony) had a pretty exciting Easter. He jumped his first teeny course on Sunday -- I wasn't there but I've seen the video -- and he loved it. So the local show down the road on Monday was too much to resist...
He hacked down there, and, once his mum had checked that the bottom-cup jumping really was on the bottom cup, he was signed up, hors concours. Waiting outside with his mates was tremendously exciting... going into the arena was a bit of a surprise, as he'd never been in an indoor school before... but once he realised he was there for the jumps... bless him, he flew round. His mum (caj on here) and I, who were watching, clapped like mad as he went clear. And then at the end his name was announced -- he came 5th! No rosette as he wasn't really in the competition, but his mum was beaming with pride. I felt quite choked myself.
Stupidly, I didn't take any pictures of him on show day with his fancy browband. But here he is in the days before he was a jumping star:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j305/ninblak/FlukeHead.jpg
Bless.
He hacked down there, and, once his mum had checked that the bottom-cup jumping really was on the bottom cup, he was signed up, hors concours. Waiting outside with his mates was tremendously exciting... going into the arena was a bit of a surprise, as he'd never been in an indoor school before... but once he realised he was there for the jumps... bless him, he flew round. His mum (caj on here) and I, who were watching, clapped like mad as he went clear. And then at the end his name was announced -- he came 5th! No rosette as he wasn't really in the competition, but his mum was beaming with pride. I felt quite choked myself.
Stupidly, I didn't take any pictures of him on show day with his fancy browband. But here he is in the days before he was a jumping star:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j305/ninblak/FlukeHead.jpg
Bless.