Post by racaille on May 7, 2013 5:59:13 GMT
Young Sam went to his first proper competition on Sunday, a showcross (so not sure it should be here but it's not just XC either!)
He was fizzy and excited during the warm-up and the teenager was struggling to find a good canter on the slippery grass but once on the course he was an angel. Just one hairy moment when he stopped dead because of some scary blue barrels but the teenager reacted quickly and he got going again.
She had chosen to do the 80cm class so as not to overface him but he sailed over everything very neatly, going clear. As they came towards the joker he was going up the hill in such a good canter that despite it being a relative skinny and 90cm, she thought he was up for it and he just flew over it.
She was gutted to make an error on the course and missed out number 14, which would have meant automatic elimination in France so she was lucky just to get time faults and they came in fourth out of 20 - she would have been 2nd otherwise.
struggling with the pix......
He was fizzy and excited during the warm-up and the teenager was struggling to find a good canter on the slippery grass but once on the course he was an angel. Just one hairy moment when he stopped dead because of some scary blue barrels but the teenager reacted quickly and he got going again.
She had chosen to do the 80cm class so as not to overface him but he sailed over everything very neatly, going clear. As they came towards the joker he was going up the hill in such a good canter that despite it being a relative skinny and 90cm, she thought he was up for it and he just flew over it.
She was gutted to make an error on the course and missed out number 14, which would have meant automatic elimination in France so she was lucky just to get time faults and they came in fourth out of 20 - she would have been 2nd otherwise.
struggling with the pix......
for so much hard work we thank ye!!
