Salters Hill - Ross Harriers XC

This was a perfect low key event for our 2 first timers. Rupert and Middleton coped beautifully with the atmosphere and with all the tiny ponies flying about the field.
This was Middletons first XC event and Ruperts first show on grass as well as his first XC event.
The ground was good with plenty of grass cover. Middleton looked cautiously at the straw bales under fence one and popped over it and then grew in confidence and cleared the rest of the 23 fences really well!!!! Rupert set off with much more gusto and confidence until he got to fence 19 the ditch in the coffin, he intelligently found an alternative serpentine route from a) to b) which I quickly corrected so we were still pointing at the ditch! Rupert ground to a halt and then over he lept from a stand still.
Ruperts owner Graham Potts came along to watch, Ant cooked us all bacon sandwiches in the lorry and then we sent Graham off happily home with a bright pink 5th Rosette!!!!!

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