The Long Way Home ~ Catherine MacLellan ~ Pengethley Show

We had a great time at Pengethley show! We took Sienna (who just did in hand classes which clashed with some of the others so unfortunately no video, just pictures), Swift, Macaroon and Dotty.

Macaroon is a sales livery who hasn't had many outings or done masses on grass. The ground was very slippery and undulating which wasn't ideal for him as he's shod without stud holes. Although he had some slips and had to be ridden a bit conservatively, he did amazingly!

He jumped well in the Working Hunter and did a good show for 3rd place with just the ground worrying him and letting him own a bit!

Macaroon went on to do a brilliant dressage test with just a couple of errors of course which brought him down to 2nd place.

Unfortunately he missed his show jumping as the classes clashed but the lovely organisers refunded the missed classes!

Swift hasn't been out anywhere for over a year, not even schooling! We also didn't have a chance to warm her up other than a quick trot up the hill to the dressage because we had been in other classes! We couldn't be more proud of how she went, bagging a 6th place too, after being stood quietly by the ring side, waiting for someone to ride her. This little girl really is a princess and we can't wait to do more with her again!

Dotty, a schooling livery, only arrived on Friday so we hadn't ridden her at all beforehand. Dotty is with us for jump (and loading) training as she rushes her fences and can be a bit looky at fillers.

Her first round was very much spent getting to know her as a horse. Due to the ground, the round had to be very carefully ridden and she did, unfortunately, have a couple of sliding stops into fences, due to no fault of hers!

In her second round, Dotty was foot perfect and came 3rd! We got a bit more to grips with her and found that she liked a light seat because she's lacking a little in strength in her back engine!

Thank you to the organisers for a brilliant event!

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