Nearly time to start packing for our journey home.
Today we have seen the best ponies in all 3 disciplines. The individual dressage final for the top 15 competitiors saw pelnty of good moveers; the consistent impression was of submission and self-carriage; all of these ponies could perform snesational walk canter transitions from one 10 m circle to the next in balance,on the bit and still maintain their tempo, fantastic. It was lovely to see how tractable the ponies were- the Spanish rider's younger sister was able to cool down her pony after the test.
The final stage of the 3 day event saw Great Britain hold onto the lead right through the competition. Pony competition for the eventing squad in GB has been an 8 year project so far for coach and chef d'equipe. 6 ponies and riders were selected from 150 ponies to make up the GB team after 6 seleection events over the past year.
Showjumping was exciting; riders trying to go clear as well as under time. Some wonderfully balanced ponies with great scope represented around 13 nations. Today the course included several combinations and a liverpool with a course maxiimum of 1.35m high, spread of 1.45 and 1.6 for spread of the triple bar. Sadly, we had to go back to our hotel before the final jump off so no pics of the winning round.
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