17/11/2025
November in-house Show jumping.
Why do we do it???
5.30 start!
It was cold, it was early and still really dark.
Horses, stables and so much to sort
My list felt too big, or the time felt too short!?
Wings & poles out from a mud flooded shed.
School just levelled, but needed chain harrowing instead.
Jumps and fillers, rosettes, and a brew,
Caffeine will help, to push me on through.
But then…
Here came the riders, I’m relieved, no regret,
As they carried the wings, till the course was all set!
Mike walked it and talked it and gave us the nod!
So the course walk begins- but run it, don’t plod!
They look at the fences, adrenaline sets in.
Parents’ advice ‘go fast - you might win!’
On went the speakers and the cameras held steady,
Tighten your girth, look! The first one’s in ready!
Twists & turns, look up, beat the clock.
Straight lines, find a rhythm - but it might go to pot!
The stops and the tumbles, a stride that is missed.
Now in come the fillers and the riders look miffed!
Yesterday, we did it, we did it for You.
With the amazing support
from the St. Brides Bay Crew!
The proud parents, the ponies and the riders all shone
The cheers & the claps that helped drive them all on.
Winners and losers, not always your day
but it was fun, you were tough,
what more can I say!?
It was entertaining alright,
We saw determination & grit,
You heard me on the mic!
I rambled, some **it!
‘Just’ an in-house show
but the gains - they were massive.
Congratulations, well done,
the support, it meant masses. xx
I don’t know why it turned into a poem!?
It was supposed to just be a ‘Thankyou and well done’ 🤣
Anyway- I’ll dedicate this one to an Anna!
She wasn’t there - but she loves a poem xx
