Hi everyone!
For the first time a long time, I need a brag post lol. I’ve had a CRAZY year. EPM, navicular, and multiple abscesses made for minimal riding until July, and I had surgery in Sept.
But somehow, through it all, we’ve come out ahead. I was goofing off over fences with a friend a few weeks ago and we decided to put the last fence of a course up and see if the horses could handle it. I wasn’t worried about him clearing it but he’s not known for being behaved and I figured if I get left behind he’d just dump me.
He was so good! Didn’t even blink at my landing on his neck. Then I had an epiphany - I don’t have the same horse I did 3 years ago, when he was sound and in full work (and very difficult to ride). He’s broke and pretty trustworthy now, and I need to stop being afraid of him.
So the next weekend, when I jumped, I left the fence up and even raised a few more around it. Again, he was perfectly behaved.
This weekend resulted in this! https://youtu.be/uCDcOb8TyW8
I know it’s not perfect, but I’m over the moon here. The first fence is probably only .95m but the rest are measured at 1.10m. My eq needs work, but I feel like I followed him pretty well for my third time at this height! He’s a powerful jumper, not easy to keep up with.
I’m having surgery again Dec 14th, and I’ll be out for a minimum of 12 weeks. I’m trying to find a free lease for him so we don’t lose all the progress but before then I intend to jump every weekend 
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General advice/comments/etc on the video welcome but be nice! I’m mostly just showing off.
