Wednesday 25th February

Last night we went out for a lovely meal to an Indian restaurant in Brugge for a leaving dinner for myself and Corine with Eddy and Marieke. We had a brilliant night, but it was later than we would normally be up.

So today I was really tired and I think it really showed in my play. Again today because of the course I was playing with the ponies through lunch - we had a little warm up online and everything went really well. I then mounted Smarty and lead Blossom and we started with following the rail and today from the start they were so calm and relaxed. We played with transitions in walk, trot, canter and stand, backup and I couldn’t fault anything. Corine was watching me ride and commented on how calm the ponies were and she thought it was due to my own energy levels being so low (the fact I didn’t stop yawning the whole ride, was a clue I was tired) So this was something to think about were they so calm and relaxed because my energy was low or was it because they have been doing this for the last few days and are now in a routine..