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THE ADVENTURES OF GINNY …
‘It’s been abusyfew weeks’ Cavorting Kandy
and lots of wonderful horses that needto get out and about with the autumn 3day events in mind. Securing qualification and enough preparations runs to ensure both myself and the horsesare fully preparedfor the next level in their career and education. With the heatwave we have just had comes
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with the concern of hard ground, but we are so lucky that the event organisers take huge pride and prioritise good ground for us to run on. Ihave recently registered my6yo homebred
mare, by Kannan, withBritish eventing, Cavorting Kandy. It’s beenalong wait since whenshe was afoal, but I’m glad to sayshe has taken everything in her stride. She had her first run at Offchurchbury in the BE100, whichwas beautifully built and had lots of questions for her. Agreen and rather wobbly dressage, but we stayed within the boards, and she learned from the experience. Alovely show jumping round, again withgreenmoments, and adjusting to the terrain was all part of her education. She flew XC, although at this stage I didn’t want to push her for the time, she covered the ground and took on every obstacle to jump clear. Having learned so much from her first run she thenheadedto local Upton house, where things really started to come together. Amuchimproveddressage, followedbyaclear SJ and avery speedy
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thas beenabusy few weeks since my last blog, but no surprise there! With the eventing in full swing, plenty of competitions
XC round, to complete the event on her dressage score and aplace in the top 10. Most recently she had her third run at Dauntsey Park,renownedfor its big and bold tracks this was agood challenge for her. Arather baby dressage test, finding the white boards on this occasion particularly scary, but followedonwith agreat double clear adding just afew time penaltiesto finish 5thinher BE100 section. Itake great pride in producing myyoung
horsesand believe they should not be rushedand certainly mypatience has paid off. She is alot stronger as a6yo than she would have beenlast year, this really shining through in her scope and attitude towards eventing. Obviously, there is a long waytogobefore she makes the next step up, but she is avery exciting prospect for the future, and I’m very muchhoping she will be a top-class eventing mare in afew years to come. There have beentwo exciting arrivals to the
team, Sixmilewater aka Buster, ownedby my very loyal owner Nicky Bennell. In pursuit of her love for horsesand eventing, she recently chose me to ride this lovely Irish 7yo. He has form in Ireland and has beenbeautifully producedto this point in his career. We had our first run together at Dauntsey in the novice and Ireally could not have askedfor more. He did arhythmical and accurate dressage to score 26, agreat clear SJ and asuper XC round to finish 5th. Obviously, it will take time to form the partnership withhim but this has beenareally exciting start to our
time together. We have huge plans and exciting goals for the future; Ibelieve he has everything to be top class, I’m so grateful to Nicky for giving me suchawonderful horse to ride. Another Irish newbie, this time a4yo. Arather
unplanned, spontaneous and last-minute purchase. CHF Captain Jacob with the same grand sire as the pocket rocket Trendy Captain Clover. Owned by Jane Blakesly-grimes, this really exciting young horse has all of the breeding and attributes to follow in the footsteps of his cousin. He will be quietly producedover the summer months, where he can take time to develop and strengthen. The threetop horseswent to Barbury,
Undalgo De Windsor and Trendy Captain Clover in the 4*S and CHF Archie in the
CHF Captain Jabob
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