I got up at 6 to dress, and eat a quick breakfast and straight out to start grooming and plaiting.
Mum is great and had been out at 5 ish to let Beanie out to have his breakfast and go for a walk and stretch before we got him in. So at 6.30 I went and got him in.. Well Beanie thought if he sticks his head in a bush and hides his face that I wouldn't see him..
Well sorry B, I can see you...your white socks give you away mate..!
We were first at Rosewood Stud, B was nice and chilled and was happy to walk about and have a quick munch of grass before getting tacked up.
I got dressed, and if I do say so myself, I'm looking alright for a rusty amateur! Plus I've lost a lot of weight since I wore that jacket last, so that's another plus!
Once tacked up I mounted up and went to warm up and let B see his sorroundings. He was a little spooky and eyes on stalks cause he's not been out much lately but he soon settled in and worked really well in the warm up arena
He was just such a good boy, he warmed up beautifully, and just was so sweet.
He was a bit jumpy in the test and a noise outside did make him spook but overall I'm pretty happy!
For my first test in over 15 years I got 59.7% and got some really lovely comments from the judge.
And I came 6th!! Not bad really, could have been much worse!
As soon as we got home and rugged Beanie up, it didn't take him long to undo all my hard sprucing this morning! Only a few steps into the field and he rolled and rolled! Covering himself in mud, but he deserves it so can't hold it against him!
I know I am going to be stiff in the morning, but no pain, no gain!!
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