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mine was when i was doin cross country.....i was ridin i was in the senoir class we were almost at the fence he refused last year i was pleas boy u can do it......its like he know wee jumped the 3/2 meter jump......they are the hardest and alot of horses can die from jumping it....but i guess my horse was lucky to land and and continue saflyyy

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I'm a pretty intermediate rider and i get to go riding cross country for the first time in the spring, probably, since i've ridden almost all of the school horses at my barn...that's right people, laugh at the poor one that dosen't own a horse...i feel so left out all the time TT-TT

Mine too was a cross country ride, my first whole cross country course ever as a part of a mini event. My horse was a seasoned eventer (though we just stuck to 2'9-3'3 high devision because she is getting old) and she just loves it. Coming out of the start pen she just took off and absolutely ate every jump! She was really fast, too fast for our devision but if I tried to slow her down she got upset and lost rhythm, so i just gave her her head and she stayed at a very steady gallop. Rhythm and balance is better that the "correct" speed and inconsistancy. No hesitation on any of the obsitcles, and the gallop back to the start/finish was amazing, I was so tired, she must have been too but she just dug in and kept her perfect gallop. At the end of the run she was puffing hard, but was still prancing excitedly.
This was the 5th jump, out of 12 obsitcles and it was after this I finally relaxed and realized she was going to jump everything and do her job and I was safe up there and all I had to do was hold on and steer haha. This jump is 2'9, and look how much she over jumped it by! She knew it was competition day!
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