04/04/2026
So me ‘n’ him did that thing again today. It felt more together than the first one, but I’ve only ridden once since then (huge thanks to Moira Bonner). 🥈 for Prelim 1, such a generous, giving boy looking after me through the test.
Second test was prelim 3, but my tummy told me something wasn’t right and then he felt off balance so I retired him during the test.
We could have completed, and he would have carried us through because he would give you the world if you asked. But it goes against everything we stand by at Horserenity, and was a lived example of putting the horse first and certainly before the competition.
What was particularly lovely was that the judge came out and congratulated me for putting him first. She said it was rare to see in competition, which is sad 😔. Let’s hope when the book comes out later this year, that others’ eyes are opened to the sensitive magnificence of all that is horse and that it becomes less rare and more the everyday.
In the meantime Texas Jackpot will be getting pampered, checked over and some
rest before he goes out to party again.
