OUR FIRST BE80 ⭐️ Epworth September 2023 

Oh I love this comment so much, thank you so much for sharing your own experiences. I know we have a long way to go but I’m so happy with how far he’s come to get to this point 🥹 Thanks again for watching 💙

I think so too 🤪😂

It was too golden to not use 😂

Thank you! Yes Charlie was definitely right 😂

Next time 😅😂

Lol!! Great vlog - really loving seeing your partnership grow. Loved Charlie's two penneth on it all too 🤣

I hate to say this, but I agree. The way he flat out bolts at jumps is dangerous as hell when you’re jumping solid fences. If there was a way to calm him down, it would be great. Idk what training exercises she’s doing at home, but my over enthusiastic show jumpers had to canter in to a related line, halt, and trot out over the second fence. At 70 cm, she could easily trot a whole course! My horses also got canter poles set up each stride to slow them down. Helped them find a rhythm and a consistent stride length. Also did a LOT of grid work with mine. They physically can’t bolt through a grid (unless they just crash through each obstacle). I would say she also definitely needs a stronger bit. No way in hell I would ride a horse in show jumping that bolted at fences like that, much less take it around a solid cross country course. I would do LOTS of trot jumps, half and then trot fences when he wants to bolt. If she has to pull him up completely and make him jump from a walk, she’d could do that at 70 cm. If she doesn’t feel comfortable with walk jumps at that height, go back down a step and do a lower height. His current way of uncontrollable bolting at fences (and then basically leaping in the air like a gazelle) worries me that she’s going to have a bad accident with him cross country. If all training methods to keep him from grabbing the bit and bolting at the jump, he may need a career change. I know that would be disappointing, but I’ve had to change careers of several of my horses to accommodate their strengths and weaknesses. Running cross country on an OTTB seems like it might not work out bc of his brain just being wired to go as fast as possible and not pay attention to obstacles. He might need to switch to a dressage career or something more slow and relaxing. Also, am I crazy, or does she look way too tall on him? I’m sure she’s not over his weight limit, but her height might further impede his ability to jump correctly in a bascule bc of her tall upper body. I’d love to see her on a larger, quieter, confidence booster of a horse. Kudos for bravery to try this, but my unsolicited opinion is that this is probably not the ideal eventing horse. Especially for her. I wish them the best, but that’s just what I see from 30 years of riding and training Hunter/jumpers in the U.S. Some OTTB’s thrived in show jumping, while others needed the more relaxed pace and relative simplicity of Hunter courses. I realize that SJ in eventing isn’t a speed event like pure SJ is, but it’s still a more complex course and has more technical questions. Also they still have a time allowed that they have to stay within, don’t they? Idk. I give props to Lucy for trying, but this horse may just be too much horse for her (or for cross country in general. At least if he plows through a show jump, the rails will fall, and she’ll be less likely to have a rotational fall or other serious accident. If she’s determined to keep this one for eventing, I think she needs to send it to a professional for training. Lucy is a pretty rider, but she doesn’t seem to have the confidence and training ability for a horse like this. I wouldn’t take this horse in a show jumping competition, and I’ve had 17.3 h power house Warmbloods doing the 1.20 classes. AFTER I worked with a trainer to make them responsive to my aids and rideable. You HAVE to be able to keep a steady pace even in SJ (not holding, holding, holding, then bolting) and be able to make adjustments to your pace if you have a line set on a long 5 strides to a short one stride triple combination, or you WILL crash and burn. Maybe some “boot camp” with a more experienced trainer would help. Hoping for the best for them, and they they stay safe!