Larko's first BE90. After a perfectly respectable dressage of 32 with no real mistakes, just lacking a little balance on turns and being a little down, both of which will improve as he gets stronger, he did a fab double clear! xc was very educational and although he was green he got to every fence and gave it a go. I do however think larko thought he was galloping flat out and was putting in maximum effort to use his big stride to eat up the ground. In reality he was knackered after about 6 fences and was going absolutely nowhere!! I think it is a mental tiredness as well as physical; because he is so big he lacks any kind of coordination so simply moving all his legs in a regular fashion is a big effort and so speed will no doubt come as he matures. it is so great to have such a willing/un-spooky young horse for once - fingers crossed he continues to be such a good boy!
