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Deb from my club Monbulk – Clematis ARC showjumping

This year it’s at Wandin.

First jumping outing in a couple of months since Occy’s knee injury. Early start. Had to leave at 6.30 to get here on time. Occy was remarkably quiet in the warm up for his first dressage test. Too quiet. Lazy actually. Between that, a wrong canter lead and breaking in the walk not a brilliant test. Showjump warm up was better. Cleared all jumps calmly except one knock down. Between those 4 penalties and the fact I get 5 penalties for jumping a level lower than I an assessed for dressage, I an not expecting a placing. One level 2 straight dressage test to go and I get to go home. Again Occy’s lazy mood means I am not expecting anything startling.

The farrier has been. Due to Occy taking a large chunk of hoof off the inside of his foot when he somehow ripped his shoe off last week, a good part of the new shoe was exposed and likely to be stepped on again. So we decided it should be ground down. And for best fit it was done after it was nailed on. Just as well he is sensible about these things. It was a first for both of us. Occy got an apple for his bravery . Regards Walter