On the 31st of July on Sunday I had Roydvale ODE (one day event) Horse Event.
I was doing 95cm on my horse Ziggy but his name for shows is Smart Spark!
There was like 30 in a class and I was competing againist my older sister!
I did my dressage test (I'ts like dancing for horses) and I thought it wasn't as good as I expected it to be as he wasn't listening to my leg aids very well.
As I was learning my showjumping course my mother came up to me an told me I came 2nd out of like 30 people and there are no age limit.
Abby (my friend) and I walked the cross country course one more time so we knew it off by heart!
I went back to the float and started getting ready for cross country, for cross country you wear a cross country jersey and since I support England I have a jersey that says "British Eventer" on it with the union jack flag and I have my Jonh Whittaker riding pants and on my back pocket is theres a union jack flag..
As I threw my leg over the saddle and walking side by side with my sister (abbey) to the warm up,
we stood in front of the gear check (they check your gear to make sure it dosn't break on the course) they check all my leather, checks the tag on my helmet becuase if I fall off the helmet is the only thing that will save me from getting brain damage or getting paralyzed unless I fall off and the helmet dosn't end up saving me and then I die..
They check my medical arm band ( it has all my medical stuff on it like blood type, emerginces number ect)
They did the ecxact same check to Abbey.
We warmed up in the warm up area side by side trotting along the outside of the taped off paddock.
After 5 minutes of trotting I started to canter up to this wooden roll top, I sat still to his smooth three beat canter a stride away from the jump I sowly lifted my self out of the saddle into a two point postion and he flew over the jump perfectly, That's how the rest of the warm up went like.
"302 your up" someone shouted out to me.
I slowly trotted up to them they said to me "walk over to he start box they will tell you what to do next!"
"Okay thanks" I replied
Walking up to the start box I did a circle and finally the guy said "whenever your ready!"
Walking into the start box my horse did a massive rear (he does it each time, because hes excited and he knows what his job is) "good luck" he said, I replied with "thank you"
Galloping to the first jump,
the first jump was these 3 massive wooden logs at 95cm high, soaring he smoothly jumped over it,
The second jump came up really fast we got in really deep I gave him a squeeze but he still jumped it,
In the videos its really funny you hear me after each jump "good boy ziggy your such a babe" it's quite funny.
We got up to the water jump and one of my friends, Laura said "go Lucy" I replied shouting "thanks girl" im good at mulit tasking!
the water combitation was this jump into a water then 5 strides after we had a skinny, most ponies run out of them because they are super skinny but Ziggy doesn't mimd them.
We got up to last jump, clear so far!
He was galloping his heart out with me pulling him back so he doesn't flip over the jump it felt like my hands where going to be ripped out of there socket!!
Pulling him back into a controlable gallop a stripe away from the last jump he took it long without asking for that extra stride, but we still cleared it!
Galloping hrough though finish flags when you know you have gone clear it is an amazing feeling!
Quickly going back to the float taking his gear off and icying down his legs so they don't swell up!
Finally finished icying down his legs and taking all his gear off, I had to get him ready for showjumping straight away, I wear what I have to wear for dressage, I wear a brown show jacket with a white saddle blanket.
I grabbed my whip and put my spurs on my boots so he can have more impulsion for the showjumping because he might start to be flat for showjumping an he could take a pole since we just finished cross country.
Walking side by side next to my sister, because my sister is straight after me!
After we warmed up for show jumping I heard them shout out my number "302"
I walked up to them and walked into the show jumping ring, I did a circle and I heard the bell so I lined perfectly up to the first jump, gave him a squeeze with my legs and he jumped the first jump like they were 1.20m not 95cm! We came up to the last showjump it was a blue and white jump pole with brown stands, then ping he jumped it perfectly and I went through the flags.. double clear!
I took hm back to the float iced his legs and took his gear off and threw a cover on him so he wouldn't get cold.
the rest of the day I hung out with my friends until the results came out.
When they came out everyone crowed it and I came 2nd overall and my sister came 6th!
After half an hour ( you have to wait incase someone protests )
no one did, the prizes came out I won a $60 back massage for you horse because they can get sore and I won some stuff for my ponies mane and a blue ribbion!
It was a great day overall!
