Hartpury Take It 2 The Top jumped clear round Broadway Novice this weekend. He went round pretty easy although he was still a bit green at the water. Uncertain but had no thoughts of hesitating and I only gave him a tiny kick. He took off a stride early for the step out, making the bounce to the log a bit of a stretch so it's lucky he's got masses of scope and just jumps from anywhere.
His 5th clear at Novice means in theory he is qualified for Intermediate, but we won't be upgrading just yet. The course at Broadway begins with a steep hill, it's undulations mean its difficult to make the time especially on a green horse. The fences at at Broadway seem small compared to other Novices I have done but the hills make them harder to jump. I was pleased with how balanced he is becoming jumping downhill and how he is beginning to learn how to gallop.
We avoided undulating courses last year on him as being so gangly he found it difficult to balance up and down hill but now after a winter of hill work he has certainly improved and he will have learnt from jumping the hillside track at Broadway. Still lots more work to do though.
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