Black St. Martin GP saddle for sale

Fits stocky 16.2H Thoroughbred

Very good condition

Manufactured in Stubben Factory – Switzerland

Price: R6000 negotiable

Contact: anelvr@gmail.com

On the 29th of April Tristan and I decided to be brave and enter our first outside dressage and jumping training show.

The babies boxed in a record time of 30 minutes – a MASSIVE improvement on the previous attempt which took 4 hours…. So we arrived nice and early and we all had time to settle in and have a good look around.

We loved our nice new horsebox with attached paddock and I think it was Glen Austin Stables’ best buy to date!

I wasn’t as nervous as I thought I’d be – funny enough.. and even though Flag was a bit fresh in the warm up arena we coped pretty well and he settled in nicely. The dressage arena had quite a few mirrors so it took him a while to realise they were NOT going to eat him…

Flag cleaned up in the dressage, winning both his prelim classes, got clear rounds in the 40 and 50cm… and proceeded to come 4th in the 50s jump off – Flag and Lily had  a lot of competition in the jump off with those little ponies that turn on a ticky, but we are nevertheless extremely happy with our results and can’t wait for the next show – I just need to bring my hands forward a bit more over the jumps, but that will come with experience

Wow – the show was AWESOME!!!

As we were walking up to the warm up arena Flag saw Patrick Kaye’s horse box and made a U-turn! Luckily Bea was there to help me out.. once inside he was fine. Had a bit of a look around, but didn’t do anything stupid!

The dressage tests went very well – only one buck! He was nicely on the bit most of the time but so lazy I thought my legs were going to fall off!!! We didn’t get a rosette but I feel that we did better than in our last prelim 1 & 2 tests so I’m happy Need to work on our circles and transitions…

The jumping went surprisingly well!!! – I was expecting big leaps from him but he just trotted over the little 40cm very calmly. Got penalties because of refusals but after I saw how calmly he did the course I felt much more confident for the 50s…

50s Were absolutely amasing! He jumped BIG as usual, but didn’t refuse once!!! Unfortunately he knocked the second jump so we ended up with 3 faults… nothing to brag about, but considering it was his first 50cm course at a show I’m extremely happy!

AND even more importantly WE DID IT!!! Nerves & all!!!

Photos to follow soon!!!

Today Pam and I decided to do myself and Jay’s lesson together as they fed Flag late (or actually normal time instead of 30 minutes earlier) which made my lesson start late, and Jay in a very un-Jayly fashion, was tacked up 15 minutes early! So off we went with Tristan in the center taking photos.

This week we’ve been working on transitions and getting them to TROT over the smaller jumps and not JUMP and start cantering – which both Flag and Skye did really well! Although we did have a little jump every now and again… We are all entering the show on the 12th of February, so we’re super excited and preparing our little brats for that.

After the lesson I took over and took some pictures of Tristan, Susan, Kelly, Angelique and whoever else may have walked past – oh and of course Scampy, Bibi and some chickens. There’s a hen with 3 little chicks that’s probably about 3/4 days old, who’ve kind of moved into Flag’s stable – see the pictures of the little one peeking out from underneath mommy’s wing, too cute!!!

I know I’ve said it before but it is absolutely amazing how far all the horses have come!!! Look at Skye now and the Skye that Jay bought a couple of months ago – no way you would have been able to canter him in a circle, jump little jumps or even get close to him with a crop in your hand! He doesn’t have that terrified look in his eyes anymore and obviously loves his dad to bits! Well done Jay, Skye could not have asked for a better human!

Flag and Lily still amazes us every day – dressage ponies deluxe! Let’s hope they keep that frame for the next show and the ADD doesn’t kick in when the time comes for them to do the prelim tests!

We finished off with a very informative theory lesson about basic course building – which will definitely come in handy the next time Pam instructs us to go build a course for the group lesson! At least now we know what to look out for and what to consider when building a basic course.

Soooo… ladies and gents…

Oh my, how time flew by!! It feels like just yesterday I got Flag and he couldn’t even walk on a lead rein.. and now look how far we’ve come???

I’m super proud of my boy. He throws me a little curve ball every now and then, but never seizes to amaze me. Recently we went through a bit of a bucking phase again, but that seems to be sorted out now! Today we had such a fun lesson with myself, Jay, Tristan, Dianne and Liesl – very interesting exercises Pam’s been coming up with lately!

I can’t wait for the boxing clinic this coming Sunday and then our valentines show to follow… I’m sure we’ll all do very well!!! So let’s grab 2012 by the horns (or main in this case) and show the world what we’re made of!!!