Burnham Market

It was great to be out again at my first event of the season. I decided to just ride two horses rather than four, to be sensible with the hope of being able to do them justice. Happily both went really well.

Cool Mountain did a nice test to score 30, rolled a pole in the show jumping but jumped a good round. He felt very good cross country and looked after me all the way.

Parklane Hawk was a little bit more wound up in the dressage but overall went nicely. It was his first competition for quite a while. He show jumped also really well and just touched one fence, and was very good and keen cross country. There wasn't much in the OI to back him off, so it was good for my fitness to hold him together a bit.

It was a beautiful day, perfect conditions so I was was very fortunate. It was great to be out again to blow all the cobwebs off.

We are looking forward to a busy week now with Portman on Tuesday, Larkhill on Saturday and Weston on Sunday.