April 13, pre Hartpury run through....
Jane is brilliant at Badgworth. Once again, Jane put on the Championship Tests this year a couple of weeks ahead of the finals at Hartpury so people could have a run through.
As it was 'officially' a BD day, any unaffiliated entries were mixed in, which gave us a really good idea of how we might get marked at the Champs.
The Judge for the afternoon was Anne Whaley. I've written for her a few times now and we've talked about Fred and so I actually became really nervous for my test. Needless to say, I rode like a plank of wood and the result was the same.
However..... Since this was a BD day and we were being judged as such, I was pleased that my score was 2nd overall - obviously he won his section as we were the only people in that, but to be joint 2nd with a Gold rider, was pretty ok given I did NOT ride well.
I relaxed for the Ele test - feeling like I'd already embarrassed myself so I couldn't do any worse. I feel like I rode the test much better for 62.82% - again being scored as BD not unaffiliated, I was ok with this. Anne came to see my afterwards and said I just needed him more 'through'
On the plus side, it wasn't as dire as his run through last year AND I remembered both my tests....... ready for Hartpury
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