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| The Eilberg Team! |
Sorry it has been so long since my last blog, time has flown by! The High Profile Show at Addington was the perfect set up for Vidauban getting the horses out to see where they were at, they were all very well behaved considering they hadn't really been exposed to the outdoors for a while and it was very cold! Vidauban was a little bit warmer :-) We had clear skies with it being fairly cold overnight but sunshine during the day, I remember getting very wet last year! The show had opened up a lot more this year as well which made a huge difference, we had access to the whole venue where as last year we were assigned our own area and the showjumping riders another. There were lunging and hacking facilities as well as spacious arenas to keep the horses entertained. The horses were all extremely fresh when we arrived, the journey hit them a little bit a few days later. Woodlander Rockstar is feeling very well at the moment with Spring in the air, he was a little on the keen side the first week and did his best test in the Int 1 Freestyle on the 2nd week, the final test of the show when most horses were feeling tired, needless to say he hasn't needed much of a break since we got home! He has recently been licensed with the Oldenburg Society which is very exciting!
I was very pleased with U Rockstar who coped with his nerves and produced some of his best ever tests, there is still more to come! He was a little nervous travelling as it was his first time abroad, going on the Ferry and having to do overnight stops is quite a big thing for them when they are not used to it.
Mike had a great show with his ladies, they were on flying form! Half Moon Delphi produced some stunning work at her first International at Big Tour. Although still quite green at the level she has exactly the same composure as Woodlander Farouche who gave everyone goosebumps as usual. Her development of strength and power since last year is quite phenominal and she coped with the 6yr old test well showing good flying changes. Woodlander Dornroeschen was not to be out done by her daughter, she too took top honours in the Small Tour showing correct and expressive work.
We have recently been to visit Woodlander at their new base in Sulby which was lovely, we were given a lovely tour of the yard and saw the yearlings, brood mares and stallions. The brood mares were under close watch as they were due to give birth! Everyone has done a great job in getting everything sorted with a lot of hard work! We have been getting a few of the youngsters out which has been rather eventful and Mike has been competing at Addington CDI this weekend, a very exciting show to watch with some new combinations. He rode Marco in the Grand Prix and did a very good job to finish in the top 10 qualifying for the Freestyle to which he rode his Transformers Music, quite a few horses were spooky with it being indoors and in the evening . . . We have the Winters coming up soon so all good practice as it will be a similar environment . . .
