Here I am, the first one out on the course for my Class. This was my Non-Competitive Ride. We all got loaded into the trailer without any fuss this morning ( not like last time ), and set off for Cirencester. Seemed to take a long time to get there but I had a big haynet so I was happy. Once there I was taken to the Farrier to check my shoes were o.k. then to the vet to check my heart rate was o.k. and then I had to trot up in a line and back to make sure Iwas not lame and was fit to do the ride.
The ride was a mixture of tracks and open long grassy stretches where my mum let me have a gallop, phew, got quite tired at one point during the ride, not used to trotting the whole way but mum says we won`t make the time aloud if we hadn`t got a move on. We finished the ride with plenty of time to spare ( see mum we could have gone abit slower). I got taken back to the vet and again made to trot in a line up and down apparently to check that I am not lame after the ride, if I had been I would have been eliminated despite doing the whole 16 km !! Anyway I passed the vetting and got my rosette and headed home only to run into the storm from hell, my field was under 3 ins of water !! 
Thank goodness my mum is a softy and put me down a lovely big straw bed in my real mum`s BIG stable so I was lovely and cosy for the night. I think my mum was very proud of me today, looking forward to the next one!! Oh buy the way that frilly hat I wear keeps the flies off, I think it`s cool !!
