The Fork Wrap Up

It was a wonderful weekend to be at a horse show! The weather was sunny and clear from Wednesday all the way through the weekend in Norwood, NC. Yesterday Jet wrapped up his first advanced competition with the show jumping phase. The course rode well, but the cups were shallow and rails were coming down for many riders. Jet tipped a few jumps with his toes and had three rails down. I was pleased with his round, though. His show jumping abilities are still developing. He made a good effort throughout the round and was confident. At the end of the day we finished 21st out of 41 competitors in our division.

Monte ran cross country yesterday in the preliminary division. The first part of the course rode beautifully and Monte was having fun, but our day came to an abrupt end at jump number eight, a deep trakehner. This type of jump consists of a log elevated over a ditch. Monte has jumped trakehners before, but nothing with a ditch as deep as the one at The Fork. The deeper ditch creates an optical illusion that makes the jump look a lot more imposing, and Monte virtually slid to a stop in front of it! He didn't want anything to do with it, so we walked home from there. Back to the drawing board with him!