Kapelstraat 12  5595 GK  Leende

Lier: long but successful day

Joyce tells about Friday at CDI Lier (Belgium):

'It was along day today but what a super super horse is Showboy!! He finished second with a score of 71.39% :-) in a very very strong field!!
Authentic was good as well but she is in heat and that's bothering her. She misstepped in the extending trot and we had some other mistakes. I was a bit too careful in my riding so we got no more than 65,7%
After deliberation with the vet (otherwise you are not allowed) we withdraw Authentic from Intermediare 1, as her heat cycle is bothering her too much. 
Ubique was great and did a good job in this big Grand Prix field. We made a mistake in the zig zag and we had some other small things but I am very satisfied. This Grand Prix was better than the last one and I was very happy with the help of Anky and Marcel during the warming up. After the test we have discussed our performance. I had hoped for a higher score than the 63,7% but one judge gave us only 60% :-(
But it doesn't matter as we need to gain experience and the feeling was good. 

Marcel's students Kojiro Soma and Lucia Gallardo performed very well. In the second part of the canter tour Kojiro lost his focus and than the pair made some mistakes. Lucia showed a better test than the last one. She has made a lot of progress! She competed Symphonie and the test still contained too much mistakes but that will be fixed! 

Toomorrow 
Showboy will do the Intermediare freestyle kur and on Sunday Ubique, Symphonie and Sacre Coeur will enter the ring again.'