Over the last few months I have been very busy being out competing alot with ESB Irish Whisper.
We have competed in two rounds of the Barwon Equestrian Dressage Series in Grade 3. in the first round one of our tests was pretty average and we place 9th but managed to get it together in the second test to come 4th. At the second round we had improved alot and managed two very nice tests to come 1st and 3rd and 3rd overall for the day.
We also competed in a pairs ride with one of my friends which was a challenge as our horses both have very different striding. In the pairs ride we did a rehearsed dressage test and an unrehersed test which we were given for 10 minutes to memorise. We managed two very nice test and came 2nd at Zone eliminations which meant that we qualified for states. Two months later we competed at States. Our rehearsed test was quite nice and we managed to come equal first though our unrehearsed test was very messy which pushed us down to 4th overall. I also competed at Kardinia International College's interschool competition in the 90cm showjumping. We managed to go clear in the first round but knocked a rail in the second round which meant that we didn't go through to the jump off. Although we didn't do the jump off we still managed to come 6th.
Our next event was Woady Yaloak Horse Trials. On the Saturday we had dressage and Showumping. We did one of the best dressage tests we have done so far which put us in 6th place. we managed to follow that up with a clear round in showjumping which pushed us up to 4th place. On the Sunday it was time for Cross Country. Whisper started out by testing me and trying to run out at the first jump but when she failed she gave up and was perfect for the rest of the round and we managed to go clear and under time. This meant that we came Third overall!!
Over the school holidays there was a week long competition held at Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre. On the Wednesday we competed in the 80cm Combinded Training. Our dessage wasn't our best but we still managed to come 7th with 64%. Whisper flew around the show jumping, going clear to put us in 5th place overall. On the Thursday and Friday we did the 75cm showjumping going clear in two of the rounds coming 9th in one and 7th in the other. on the 19th and 20th of July we competed at the Eventing Victoria Fundraiser at Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre in the Intro section. Our dressage test wasn't our best as Whisper was quite tense and focusing on the scary shapes on the other side of the trees beside the arena. we still managed to get 61% although we were in 24th place. later that afternoon we had Showjumping in the Indoor. To begin with Whisper was a bit nervous being in the indoor and didn't want to go anywhere near the walls but after alot of encouragement she decided that they weren't that scary and she was totally fine. We did a very nice round going clear which pushed us up to 22nd. On the sunday we had cross country. coming into the first jump she again was testing me, seeing if she could get away with running out though quickly decided that she wasn't going to get away with it and jumped every jump perfectly. We had a great round which was heaps of fun, going clear to push us up to 16th place.
