After a summer off I was very excited to take Estrid to an Endurance training ride about an hour away. The Endurance GB dates for rides didn't fit in with any of my free weekends so I decided to go with Sport Endurance. We had 16km planned and our main aim was just to get her used to going out and about again.
She has definitely regressed in the relaxed at venues department, the shakes and sweats are back, she whinnies at anything that moves, I can physically hear her heart beat and her eyes are out on stalks BUT on the plus side she was still very easy to tack up and an absolute joy out on course, she did settle a teeny tiny bit at the end too.
The course was very pretty and quite urban but they had a few issues with marking and then the route being obstructed, so although thanks to my map reading skills I was never actually lost, I couldn't find an alternative route to continue the correct course, so I doubled back and did a loop of bridleway around the park that was showing on my GPS instead. I still got 16km in and Estrid was a star, being passed, passing, leaving horses, meeting umbrellas, dogs and pushchairs, she really is lovely to ride.
I will try and get her out in the trailer as much as possible to combat those venue nerves, it's not until we're ontop of them will I be confident to do a vet gated ride with her, so fingers crossed for a productive off-season.
Thanks for watching,
Beth
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