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Except include an extra 'e' at the end of ev'rywhere :roll:
Silly DA.

Will do words about this later. All I'll say for now is that it was a lot of fun :D

This is Charles Bonnington riding BH Gannymede in the dressage section of the Bad Dream Stables CCI 3 star Classic.

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After Jemima's increasing oddness, it was both refreshing and frustrating to find that Maddie was exactly the same as always. The mare was charging through their warmup and hanging on the bit as much as she could, despite the curb. She disliked dressage, and despite their recent success at OVEC - the result of furious training - Charlie still struggled to control the mare sometimes. She was worse in bad weather, and the delight of this show was that it was in Scotland - a country that was even more famous than England for its rain, if that was even possible. Yes there was no need to take an international flight, but it meant that Maddie was taking her usual attitude and enjoying being as difficult as possible.
The warm up was at least keeping the pair of them warm against the wet and the wind. That said, the mare was only just softening round to the bit when Charlie heard his number being called from the edge of the warm up ring.
"Damnit.. and what now?!" he snapped irritably as he felt his pocket buzzing. Probably something from Marion berating him for not preparing Jemima well enough or something similar.
It wasn't. It was a text from Aaron.
Tell Jemima that smiling when she's only pretending makes her look constipated. And I might have someone to share the cottage with her. Good luck old man!
"Pffff, I'm not old," Charlie muttered, grinning at the message.
As he turned Maddie to exit the warm up ring and towards the entry chute to the arena, he gave his phone to Emily who said something non-commital about thinking Maddie looked alright - it would be more be a lot more useful to have someone who actually knew something about riding at a high level here, really it would - and caught sight of Jemima's 'dressage face' as she was going through the last few movements of the test.
She really did look constipated...
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Louvan's avatar
Soggy dressage!
Look at the highlights on the tail though, nice.