The Nationals was disappointing although I was pleased with my horses.  Apart from me feeling unwell with a chest infection and flu, I was pleased with the horses and how they tried.
The two Stallions were impeccably behaved and I was thrilled with them.
Doringcourt along with the other medium level horses had to ride on grass which was a big ask when you are doing collected work.  It was disappointing that the medium horses were put on grass,  the grass surface was hard and unforgiving and the warm up area terribly uneven.  Doringcourt is only used to riding on a good surface and started losing his confidence tending to hold himself and carry tension which is totally out of character for him but then I couldn’t blame him for this.  He wasn’t the only horse that found the grass hard going and alot of grumbles were being heard from riders.
A shame at National level competition to be riding on such a surface.

However still ending up 3rd overall on Doringcourt in a strong class is not something to complain about!

I was  pleased with my team who over the weekend produced some moments of lovely work