We qualified for the championships a few months prior at Woodlands Equestrian Centre winning the class on 71%.
The Small Tour championships were hosted at Keysoe Equestrian centre over two days.
The first day was a straight Inter I test and the second a freestyle, the marks were then combined to an average percentage which created the final result.
The first day were contested the Inter I, Merri produced some super trot and canter work to score 68%. The following day we performed our freestyle test to score 71%!!
We were over the moon with the test, it was probably the best the floor plan has ever worked to the music- we were so in time. Merri was relaxed, expressive and enjoyed her music performance.
There was a short wait for the scores, and it was extremely difficult to calculate where we might be lying in the results but it was starting the look more and more like a top three finish as the results kept going up.
We were delighted to finish in second place amongst some extremely hot competition.
This show was our aim with Merri this year and she couldn't have tried more for me :)
It was a great way to finish the year.
I would like to say a huge Thank you to my sponsors, owners, friends and family for supporting us this year, as well as vets, physios, farriers, venues and clients who we couldnt do it without.
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