This weekend there was a show jumping championship in Pueblo Viejo. On both days I did great! I came clean on both courses, and on Saturday I won third prize on the raffle (on Amateur .80-.90m, those riders who had 0 faults in total go on a raffle to sort the prizes, on most tournaments). For me, this was a very important triumph (not because of the third prize) because this was precisely the place where I fell about three months ago. I previously commented on my problems with Luna the last championships of 2009. The climax of her refusal habit came on the last competition, where on the ninth jump she stopped dry and I went flying off her neck. This weekend, however, I was determined to do my best and give her no chance of refusing to jump. Fortunately, everything went well. Luna was working in her best behavior, and together we were able to finish both courses successfully! I certainly hope we can keep it up, and I hope I can learn how to avoid mistakes that make things difficult for Luna. After all, most of failed jumps are the rider's fault, and I really need to work on doing things right. In any case, I have promised to do my very best, no matter how hard I have to try.
This is a video of Saturday's course. I thank Roberto Santamaria for filming me!
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