We beat the odds.....and got two frillies!!!!!

Well the dressage came round a little too soon really and as Saturday approached I thought maybe I had better ride my little brown pony before we went!!  So I popped round to the school on Friday morning and let her have a buck and a fart on the lunge before sitting on her for ten minutes and just doing some transitions and a little canter and trot.  We then pottered home.  On our way home I met a lorry and Mez tried to tell me that she was scared....I thought maybe meeting all that traffic on our 'nightmare hack', which had been the last time I rode her, had frightened her more than I thought!  Anyway I told her to pull herself together and she decided it was ok after all!!   Just being a diva!!!!
So Friday night I plaited up and sewed them in as I needed to set off at 9am and had the others to sort out first and also had a friend and too many bottles of wine over for tea!!!
Saturday dawned and off we set to Myerscough....eventually.....as the horsebox was froze up and we couldn't get in it!!!!  So out came the kettle and we defrosted the ramp and the grooms door....not a brill start but off we trundled down the hill.   I did worry that she might be frozen in again when we got there but it was ok.
The P15 was first and we went off to warm up.  She felt like a dressage horse.....I know this sounds odd but if you imagine those lovely powerful horses....well she felt like that...all boingy underneath me.....not quite sure where that came from but it was very good!!!!!  I was pleased with the test and there was not much that we could have done much better given that the last schooling she had was the last dressage competition!!!!  Next came the Novice and as I turned right off the centre line she felt really tired....I really had to use my legs but she soon perked up again thank goodness.  It was a long test with two lots of canter and my medium trot was not brill (lack of practice...) but she felt as good as I could expect!  My halt was a little dodgy and this is one the areas I need to work on.  So we bobbed her away and went to find the scores.......my little brown pony had pulled it out of the bag with a 2nd in the prelim and 69.13% beaten by one mark and 6th in the Novice with 64.23%.  So the 3rd highest score we have had in the prelim and 3 points in the Novice and prize money of £10 to put towards her haylage!!!  Needless to say I haven't ridden her since!!!!  The next dressage is next Saturday so I will try to ride her before Friday this week!!!!