Unfortunatly we arrived late and were only just in time to jump the warm up class the 1m Amatuer championship qualifier. Pete jumped a super double clear and came 6th despite a rushed warm up so I was very happy with that.
Onto the qualifer, Bold is quite a small arena so always a challenge on Pete who tends to get buzzy and go sideways on the corners which can make life a bit tricky in a tight space. However today I managed to keep him in a slower rythmn and it paid off as he jumped a clear in the first round. He joined 8 others into the jump off to decide who qualified for the final. Only 8 horses qualify so the pressure was on as one of us would have to miss out. All the other riders in the jump off were all professionals so I realised that perhaps it would be Pete and I that would not qualify. I knew all I could do was my best and keep him quiet and calm. We were drawn 6th to go out of the 9 and when I went in for my turn there had been just 3 clears so I knew a clear would take a qualifying place. Well Pete was fantastic he did not let me down and jumped his 3rd clear of the day over the 1.20 track. I was ecstatic as I knew the lowest I could finish is 7th, securing us a ticket to the final. In the end our round was good enough to take 5th place, and standing in the lap of honour alongside all the professional riders I felt very proud of my little horse.
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