There may not have been any great success on the day but everybody enjoyed the 1-day event at Glaslough immensely. Nobody disgraced themselves in dressage and most of our members were lying in the middle of the pack after the initial phase. Both Nadine and Tanya were lying right up with the leaders in their respective classes after riding beautiful tests and then going clear in the show jumping phase. But victory eluded both of them with problems on the cross country course.
Nadine was focused so strongly on not forgetting the Giant’s Teeth that she missed one of the jumps just before it and, despite an otherwise immaculate round, ended up with an ignominious E beside her name on the scoresheet!
Tanya’s anticipated bogey was the water jump which Jack had refused at the 2-phase the previous week. This time she got him in perfectly with a textbook example of powerful positive riding, only for Jack to cat leap with surprise as he made contact with the water, leaving Tanya absolutely no chance of staying on board. The pair emerged dripping but unscathed!
Sally Mahon was the only Donegal Gaeltacht member riding on the day and she took first place in the Open class. Brenda Burke represented the Tirconaills but had a less successful day as her horse fell in the dressage arena. It was a horrible incident but luckily the mare, Cristobel, was comfortable in a stable at Cloncaw last night.
There were club photos taken on the day (see Gallery) as well as some great video footage which should emerge in due course. KGB Equestrian Photography were also there as official photographers and their images are on their website. Official results are on the Border Counties RC website.
Next ODE stop is the event at Corbeagh House, Longford, on Sunday 1 July. More details to follow shortly.
Pictured below: Everything still going according to plan for Tanya and Jack!
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