Well it wasn’t great on paper but in reality it’s not been that bad! We had a great start to the year with a super smooth and productive pre-season training. We introduced water treadmilling to our training plan and it made such a difference, especially when our options are limited during the dark winter nights.
Estrid’s goals for the season were to qualify for an FEI 1* and to do her first CER. We got the first but sadly missed out on the second due to a freak accident at the yard. The silver lining of this was that Tissy got a summer of rides all to herself, and smashed her goal of 3 pleasure rides with a total of 5 pony parties!
Estrid still got to go out and about 5 times too, two short GER’s, an 80km at Windsor and a Pleasure ride at the end of the year. I’m so excited for next year, let’s hope we get that first race ride in the bag!
Beth Endurance 