Glistening Waters ESNZ Series Finals

No classes for Bella at Series Finals so just 5 on the truck this weekend. 

Bayly and Briggs finished 3rd in the 90cm on Saturday, and had 4 faults in the 95cm on Sunday. 

Bayly and Tommy had a weekend of rails although Bayly still rode him well. They finished with 4 faults in the first round of the special 2 phase 1.10 on Friday (& then 4 more rails in the jump off) clear in the first round of the 1.05 (& then 3 rails in the jump off). Tommy had 6 rails in the first round of 2 in the 1.10 Championship so did not qualify for Sundays final. In the 1.10 on Sunday Tommy had 5 rails. Tommy really didn't save his best for the last show!

Korah and Potter finished 5th in the 90cm on Friday with a double clear round and then was double clear in their first 1m class together. They finished 10th on Saturday in the 90cm with a double clear and had 8 faults in the 1m class. They finished 6th in the 95cm on Sunday. 

Sally and Gem finished 6th in the 90cm and had 8 faults in the 1m class and on Sunday finished 5th in the 95cm class.

In shocking conditions (wet and cold & very late in the afternoon), Sally and Jasper competed in the 1.20 Welcome Stakes; jumped super, just having trouble at the double. He had 4 faults in the jump off of the 1.10 to finish 7th, and in the 2 round 1.10 Championship (held over 2 days), Jasper had a clear round in the first round to qualify for the final on Sunday. He went double clear to finish 3rd. He finished with 4 faults in the first round of the mini prix to finish 6th. Jasper saved his best for the season for the final show!

Ashurst Sports

Low key day at Ashurst pony club sports today. Jasper, Tommy & Ellie got the day off today. Was a great opportunity to give Bayly another outing on Briggs and Fern got to ride today to. Fern (3 years) was also in charge of the camera when Potter and Gem jumped! 

Briggs was 4th in the 80cm & 3rd in the 90cm

Bella was clear in the 70cm and the 80cm

Potter was clear in the 80cm and picked up 3rd place in the 90cm

Sunny got a heap of ribbons in the kindy ring

Gem jumped in the 80cm and the 90cm (there was nothing higher on the programme) 

Pony Club

 We did a little cross country training at pony club today. Gem really enjoyed this session.

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North Island Show Jumping Championships

Had to take the truck and the horse float this weekend. Managed to get the day off work to attend all 3 days of the championships in Foxton. This was Bayly's first outing on Briggs. We had a very mixed weekend. All three girls had very unlucky falls and then picked up a couple of rails. 

Briggs was double clear in the 80cm on Friday, bucked Bayly off in the 90cm on Saturday and then got 6th in the 95cm on the Sunday.

Tommy had 4 faults in the jump off in the 1m, 12 faults in the 1.10 (2 phase) on Friday, 16 faults in the 1.10, 8 faults in the 1m on Saturday and 8 faults in the 1.10 on the Sunday. 

Bella had the "don't boss me around attitude" at the weekend with a couple of soft stops & a very unlucky rail in the 75cm on Sunday.

Potter was a star again! He was 5th in the 80cm & 7th in the 90cm on Friday, 8th in the 80cm & 10th in the 90cm on Saturday and 7th in 95cm on Sunday. So very consistent this combination.

This is the 95cm jump off

Jasper had 4 faults in the 1:15 & 8 faults in the jump off of the 1:10 on Friday, & a rail in the speed 1.20 on Saturday with 12 faults in the mini prix 1.15-1.20 on Sunday (Sally injured foot)

A mixed bag for Gem this weekend. 4 faults in the 90cm on Friday, 5th in the 90cm on and then an unfortunate fall in the 1m on Saturday (tripped on the top rail of the B in the double), 12 faults in the 1m on Sunday and 4 faults in the 95cm on Sunday. Unfortuntaely no photos or video of Gem over the weekend.