Not the best day on paper
Such a classic eventing line, "not the best day on paper!". Because lets face it, things can look like they went badly but still go really well when it comes to horses. This weekend, Henry and I went to our second show jumping comp of the year. I put my big girl undies on and entered the 80. I repeated over and over again that we have done it before, I could do it and if it all went to shit, I could in fact withdraw. I was pretty zen about the whole thing the week leading up (thanks to some other stuff that went down and took a lot of my brain power!), but was pretty nervous on my drive to the show. I wish we had looked this good at the show I rocked up late (oops!) so missed the course walk for the 70, and ended up riding last (and late). Henry was a handful in the warm up but I found that quite helpful because it meant I had to get on and ride. He was jumping well in the warm up and I was thinking all about the flow, looking up, keeping my position, keeping my leg on, ever
