Hascombe & Felbridge May 2022

On 11th May we took Askeaton and Billy Arietta to Hascombe for the Foxhunter. I decided it was easier just to take two when the number of horses entered is under 50. This coincided with the first rainy day for at least a month, and we got soaking wet! Askeaton was jumping absolutely beautifully until I turned her up to an upright in the jump-off and just didn't see a forward stride, at which point she very unusually took great offence. She finished the course beautifully. Arietta also jumped very well, but in the worst of the weather, and just had a pole going into a double, but it was so wet you could hardly keep your eyes open against the rain.
In retrospect I wondered if perhaps she was feeling a bit sore from being in season, this is after all the time when it's easiest to get mares in foal, so they probably do feel a bit "girly" from time to time. We will now run both her an Arietta on some Naf Oestress and see if that evens them out a little bit.

On Friday 13th, defying superstition, we took BE Khalissy and Askeaton to Felbridge for the Foxhunter. The weather couldn't have been more different, we had a blazingly hot, sunny day. Both horses jumped really well with Khalissy finishing 5th Askeaton 6th. Of course we never mind being beaten by Hurricane Heidi, who finished 3rd!

Both Hascombe and Felbridge are putting on such lovely shows, it's great to have them so close to home, loads of working in space, and lovely modern, education courses.