Claire Lomas asked me to ride in the eventers vs jockeys bucking bronco fund raising evening.... It was a fantastic night and I hear she raised over £10,000.
When asked by Claire, I didn't need to think twice... she's a total inspiration and anything I can do to help her I will.
On the jockeys team they had 'The Champ' (A.P. McCoy), Andrew Tinkler, Choc Thornton, Sam Thomas, Mark Bradburne, Alice Fox-Pitt and Dominic Elsworth.
Joining me on the eventers team were William Fox-Pitt, Tina Cook, Lucy Jackson, Jonty Evans, Pheobe Buckley and Bruce Haskell.
As you can imagine it got very competitive!! Luckily the eventers came out on top and I managed to win after staying on the bronco for over 6mins 30secs.... I tried to explain that the last time I fell off, I ended up in a coma, so I have learnt to sit very tight!!!!!!!!
For full report and videos following this link....
http://www.eventingstig.co.uk/1/post/2014/02/laura-collett-dominates-at-bucking-fun.html
I'm now looking forward to Claire's next fund raiser!!
Monday 10 February 2014
First competition.....
We had our first competition at the weekend... we headed to West Wilts BSJA with 5 horses! They were all cracking form....
COOLEY LORD LUX jumped 2 super clear rounds in 1m05 and Newcomers, he was only on a ticket so no prizes for him!
OBOS COOLEY was 2nd in Newcomers and had an unlucky rail in 1m15.
RAYEF was on flying form and enjoyed being a showjumper for the day!! He won both the Newcomers and Foxhunter classes.
CONTROE was out competing for the first time since 8th July, he had the first fence down in 1m15, I think he was a bit shocked he was actually out jumping!! He then finished 2nd to RAYEF in the Foxhunter.
I was super excited to make my first competition with PAMERO a winning one! He won the 1m15 and then got a bit forward in 1m20 and had a rail, he was very cool and just need to get to know each other a bit more!
All in all a successful first trip out.... let's hope this winning form continues throughout the season!
COOLEY LORD LUX jumped 2 super clear rounds in 1m05 and Newcomers, he was only on a ticket so no prizes for him!
OBOS COOLEY was 2nd in Newcomers and had an unlucky rail in 1m15.
RAYEF was on flying form and enjoyed being a showjumper for the day!! He won both the Newcomers and Foxhunter classes.
CONTROE was out competing for the first time since 8th July, he had the first fence down in 1m15, I think he was a bit shocked he was actually out jumping!! He then finished 2nd to RAYEF in the Foxhunter.
I was super excited to make my first competition with PAMERO a winning one! He won the 1m15 and then got a bit forward in 1m20 and had a rail, he was very cool and just need to get to know each other a bit more!
All in all a successful first trip out.... let's hope this winning form continues throughout the season!
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