We had the most fabulous day out at this event. Tom Searle of www.tomsearleequestrian.co.uk was riding Hartpury Take It 2 The Top for me again today. The XC course was technical which made the time really tight.
Monty did a good dressage not quite as flash as he did at Homme but still put him in a good place. The SJ was on slightly undulating ground and was pretty big, some really decent parallels. 1 rail down still put him in a top 6 spot as he headed out on XC. Then out on XC he looked amazing (he can really gallop) Tom rode him really well, they looked like they just nipped round, fastest time in his section to finish in 2nd place.
This gives Monty a qualifying place for the Novice Regional final next year which then is a ticket for The Festival at Gatcombe.
Tom has only ridden Monty about 6 times having only had him on his yard 10 days, and 3 of those days Tom was out of action due to food poisoning. So to finish 5th and then 2nd in two events within the first week is amazingly well done.
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