Hello long time no see… sorry for abandoning YouTube yet again 🤪

We had a super day out in the Cotswolds for the 2023 team chase! I jumped round in the Intermediate speed on Inky last year but this year was Eric’s turn in the Inter Bogey class😜

As usual from the moment my butt hits the saddle right up to setting off on the start line we are lead (aka hung onto for dear life) by super team member Mac to prevent my untimely death. Eric’s warm up is that jig jog from the box to the start line to save myself and everyone else the aggravation in the warm up😂 Anyone that knows Eric knows he is a jumping machine but has some special moves that can come out in certain scenarios… the goal is to contain those moves long enough to get off the start as once away he is a machine💪🏼

We had the job of leading the team today and Eric stepped up to it fantastically! We got off the start with minimal drama, despite being held down there so long, and were flying right up until fence 8 where they pulled us up due to a rider fall on course 😫 It can’t be helped and the everyone involved did their best to make sure we were away as quickly as possible but my heart sunk as there really isn’t a worse horse for this to happen to! As expected Eric had a little napping episode as his jumping flow had been broken and he was then thinking about taking us back to the lorry park🤦🏼‍♀️

After driving over 3hrs to come to this team chase there was no way in HELL we were finishing after just jumping 8 fences so with some persevere (and some shouting at him😂) I managed to get the b*stard going again. The team had gone on ahead (and lost a rider!) but Eric is a complete legend and jumped all the way from fence 9-26 all by himself! Happily skipping over tricky fences like he hadn’t just thrown out a big tantrum 🤣
I planned to just finish the course alone for the fun, but we managed tp catch up to the team who got stuck at the dreaded ditch and give them a lead home!

Oh, and I should never be allowed to be leader having not walked the course before. I was overconfident having done it last year and made a fatal navigation error at the final fence… jumping the Open hedge instead of the Intermediate… oops😂
Eric of course flew it!! Open next year if i’m brave enough?🚀

As always thankyou to our awesome team of Beaglin Rascals and to all those who take part to make these awesome events run! See you next year for more team chasing fun💚

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