Sam's progress

A diary of my (probably mad) attempts to retrain an ex-racehorse.

Thursday, May 08, 2008

We LOVE cross country!

Now that the jumping is getting better Sam and I have started doing some cross country schooling. Photos are from our second attempt and all I can say is that I had forgotten how much I LOVE cross country! Sam is still a bit spooky and he can dangle his little legs when he gets too quick (which can get a bit hairy over the gappy fences) but you can see from the photos that he loves it as much as me. We have our fist competition next weekend so I will add photos from that - we will be jumping tiny tiny but I thought it was best to start him off small at his first competition so that he can gain some confidence. Its all such FUN :)

Sam pretty keen to start ...

First time through water (bless him)

Tiger trap into sunken road - he dangled a leg and it got a little hairy (see next photo) ...


... Clinging on after nearly hitting the floor!

Nice little pop for the last one