SL Eventing

Sometimes very good, sometimes very s**t 🤷🏽‍♀️ Today wasn’t our day at Glamis - horses are a great leveller! Started off great with 30 dressage in a harshly marked section to leave us sitting 3rd after dressage. He was pinging round the showjumping and we got to the last fence and I couldn’t decide to let him take a flier or hold for a short…so I did nothing at all of much value (good one, Steph) so he flattened and took the last one down - bu**er 🤦🏽‍♀️ Still, these things happen…so onto XC! It seemed a real nice course and I wasn’t too phased by any fences walking it so got a bit complacent. Came round to fence 7 (offset upright rales) on a terrible line and as we locked on to the (b) element I realised I’d either have to let him take a flier or check him up. So went with the check but held too much with my right hand so he went flying past it on the left - once again, bu**er! Represented, flew it and tanked home (7s under the too fast time 😬). Kicking myself for not being sharper on my riding but it’s so easy to play ‘what ifs’ - “what if I’d gone double clear, I’d have finished 2nd (and qualified for Badminton)” or “what if we didn’t have the run out, I’d have finished 6th” but that’s just the way eventing goes and you can’t do well all of the time! Got to take the good with the not so good - they’re animals, not machines and sometimes we have off days too and let them down 🤷🏽‍♀️ Onto Hopetoun in a couple of weeks and then the big one at Blair (I’m hoping we manage to bag our golden Badminton ticket there 🤞🏼). Lovely seeing some friends today do so well - a massive congrats to you all 👏🏼🥳 Plus a massive thanks to for coming along today and being the best groom - think you might have found a new fave sport?! ❤️

Throwback Thursday - around 4 and a half years ago now! The first photo is of baby Atty at less than 1 day old 🥺 I think the second photo was in his first week. He’s been the best guy since day 1 ⭐️ Wonder what the next four years will bring 👀