Path to the “three day that shall not be named” Chapter 5

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Chapter 1234


So the three week countdown begins.  It definitely took until the drive home for it to hit me that “the three day that shall not be named” is almost here.  As most of you who have spent any amount of time around eventing realizes, it is always safer to be a bit of a pessimist because SOMETHING always goes wrong no matter what your plan is or how good your program is.  One of the best things Karen and David have ever told me about this sport is to not let the highs get you too high because the lows are so low. So granted, a lot of things could still go wrong, but it’s looking like getting there is a very good possibility.


We just got back from The Fork, which was gorgeous as always.  Hannah won the Advanced, woo hoo! And even though John would never write about himself on Eventing Nation I’ll do it for him and tell everyone he had a great go on his horse, Everest.  Snooze was in the CIC*** and was pretty good.  The dressage test has a lot of canter work and when your horse’s natural canter is like a camel with hip dysplasia it doesn’t bode well for the score, he was actually pretty good though and got a 54, which is a 4 point improvement from the last time he did that test.  The cross country course was really nice, The Fork always seems to have a good flow and Snooze felt really confident and straight the whole way around, I was quite slow though which really always irritates you at the end of the day but we will save it for when it counts.  We had one rail in the show jumping but it was mine not his and he was a lot more rideable and flowing throughout the course.


So at the end of the day, I’m feeling pretty confident.  I’m sitting on a horse that after having ridden for 9 years knows me as well as I know him, and I have the best coaches, vet, farrier, friends, and family as a support team.  But regardless of how confident I am, I’m still pretty sure I’m getting an ulcer.  Now I will just spend the next three weeks keeping up on our fitness, practicing our test, and being as prepared as we can be.  So everyone cross your fingers for us and hopefully the next time I write to you will be from Kentucky!

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