All the Introductory events were due to be held on the Saturday due to the high number of entries in the competition.
We had a great competition considering a lack of preparation due to Paris getting a deep foot abbcess two weeks earlier!
Paris pulled out a ripper of a test with some very calm and consistent elements to the ride. However, the judge believed that we were lacking forward, which placed us mid feild.
Our showjumping was HUGE! I have been jumping some big stuff at home, but not a whole course of jumps so wide! The oxers stayed the same width for Preliminary and Introductory. The were very WIDE!
Anywho, she cruized around with not a problem at all and managed to go clear with no time penalties! 
The cross country was next and WOW! I love my horse! Whilst everyone elses horses were jumping around silly, Paris fell asleep in the start box whilst the countdown man cuddled her! Very cute!
We had a great XC round, except for a very silly stop! It was a jump up, hook right and jump down. In order to avoid jumping straight off the other side of the hill into a dam, I decided to bring her back to a trot just before we jumped up the hill. This was a very silly mistake, as we lost our foward movement and she stopped. There was no dirt from Paris, just a silly rider error! It was very surreal, as I havent had a stop on XC before, and I almost didnt realise we had a stop. I just kept on pushing for her to get over but then my brain switched back on and realised we were wasting time!!
Luckily, there was a long, open flat space to follow these two efforts, so we opened up for a real gallop and made up time!
We ended up finishing in 19th place, which is a bit dissapointing, but Im still VERY proud of her!
We have a busy few weeks planned! Unfortunately, I missed the entries for the Berrima event in April, but I will bea heading to the Yass Show instead to do some open hunter classes! We have a show this weekend, next weekend and dressage the weekend after!
Very busy indeed!
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