How peculiar being at a show with Merlin and not being able to compete him... I've come to the conclusion that he is my "cash cow"; always brings home the bacon (delighted those economics lessons are finally paying off). He played a fabulous martyr though parading back and forth in his most fancy dress, four stitches, and nowhere to go...
The girls (Fairplay 111 and Clear CC) had a great weekend with only one fence down between them; consistent as ever. Curly on the other hand, it seems, has developed a slight case of schizophrenia (Alyssa certainly hit the nail on the head when she came up with that one); jumped beautifully friday and saturday, then took a notion to rear up mid-course in the Grand Prix - perfect timing as ever. We were at nothing, so I thought it best to retire. Clinically speaking; "schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have normal emotional responses, and to behave normally in social situations" (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). Hmmm.
RESULTS
Friday:
Fairplay 111: clear round - 6yo
Clear CC (7yo): 4fts - 1m30
Heracross: 4fts - 1m45 FEI Rolex Ranking
Saturday:
Fairplay 111: Double clear (jump off) placed 8th - 6yo (She bucked me off in the warm-up that morning! All's well that ends well, as they say...)
Clear CC: Clear placed 10th - 1m30
Heracross: Double clear placed 11th - 1m45 FEI Rolex Ranking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIee0DFjVgU
Sunday:
Fairplay 111: Double clear placed 8th - 6yo
Clear CC: double clear - 1m30
Heracross - GP (I'd rather not re-live it...)
None the less, an interesting show with tough competitors, and great networking opportunities! Sure I only managed to secure an extra 5 ranking points, but thats 45points so far this month! last week the points for March were taken into account which pushed me up to 13th in Sweden (from 14th) and 397th in the world (from 470th) - feeling rather happy about that right now. Such a funny sport though, you can be up one minute and down the next. You're not the only part of the equation.
Had to jet off to London straight after the GP for an "Offshore Wind Power" training early Monday morning - great fun jumping from one world into another. The horses are taking it easy for a couple of days till I get back (Thursday morning), and then its back to business - first thing's first... getting Curly (Heracross) to "play ball". Wish me luck!
Update: Putting the videos up on youtube now. Check them out: http://www.youtube.com/sfinetto
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