BAGMOOR HUNTER TRIALS - 16/09/07-

On the day of the bagmoor hunter trials leona and i were entered in two classes, novice and open pairs, everywhere was busy, parking was a nightmare and the course kept being held up for accidents.

In the novice leona set off on Molly first and jumped a lovely clear round and went round the time section clean in 24secs, i also jumped clean round the solid part of the course and in the time section i went round in 21 secs however i brought down the 2 falling rails to have 20s added on to my time knocking me out of contension, however leona managed to place 3rd, which was very good out of 80 and i came 20th. Fab first round.

We set off positively into the pairs classes knowing that for molly it was the first time she'd tackled this course at bagmoor, so we took learner options at the first table, our strategy was to change so molly was infront at the water complex which involved jumping two barrells then a step in to a passage way of water and then followed by a log pile, infact it was jayde who dropped into the water first leading the way. the rest of the course was going well and jayde was getting bolder. we got to the drop and she leapt off it me loosing my reins, stirrups and balance, and eventually falling off landing on my heal, damaging my achilles tendon and resulting in a hospital trip and a spell on crutches. leona however carried on and cleared the rest of the course and kept the flag flying for our camp. Well done Leona!!! even Jayde and molly were fabulous. But would i be ok to ride in the hill house show jumping finals the next weekend?

Laura Salmon x