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OVEC CrossCountry Entry

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UPDATE


The results are in! In Nugget's debut eventing trip, he placed 5th overall out of 30 other entrants! We are VERY pleased with this outcome and thank =SageSinRiddle for putting on such a great event!



=SageSinRiddle’s FEI OVEC Championships Dressage Phase Entry

Back to Day Two, Dressage Competition °|° Onto Day Four, Stadium Jumping Competition



Day Three || Cross Country Phase

MM Only A Fools Gold


AJ could hardly see through the rain as Nugget galloped across the slippery grass. She silently thanked herself that she had had the sense to bring her stud add-ons with her and that was probably the only reason why Nugget and her were navigating their course as well as they were. It wasn’t necessarily a bad storm, but just rainy, dark, and windy. Occasionally a flash of lightning would blind you, but that was rare.

AJ gripped her rubber reins tight, worried of them slipping through her fingers as she caught sight of her next obstacle. An imposing coffin water combination with a massive roll top. This, would be a challenge was all AJ could think as the distance between them quickly diminished. She felt Nugget spot the fence, his haunches lowering, ears pricking forward even as rain pounded them but contrary to his usual reaction to want to rush at the fence full steam, he actually took a short step, slightly sucking back. This caught AJ completely by surprise, Nugget had never been intimidated by a fence before. Looking at the ditch and the spread that they would have to fly over, she felt adrenaline rush in her veins.

Pushing her knuckles into his mane, she wrapped her leg around him, pushing him forward. “Come on Nugget, you got this.” He flicked his ears back and took three powerful strides gathering the speed and impulsion needed to clear this immovable obstacle. AJ sucked in a breath and rode up with him as he lifted of, knees tucking up tight the two of them focusing on the ground out in front of them. AJ was blinding for a moment as a bolt of lightning flashed in the stormy sky and before she could comprehend, they would back down on the ground, galloping forward again as if they hadn’t just cleared a 7’ spread.

AJ let out a hoarse laugh as they extended into a long stretch of hand gallop. She patted his neck as he breathed hard, energy flowing through him with each stride. With in seconds, they could see their next obstacle, a hedge fence. No problem.














Art & Characters 2011 © =Jag6201/Molly Mellinger
Contest by =SageSinRiddle
Tools Used: Wacom Tablet, Adobe Photoshop Elements 6; 15 hours
Artistic References: Unreferenced
Image size
800x1219px 480.38 KB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D2H
Shutter Speed
10/4000 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
22 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Apr 28, 2007, 9:11:10 AM
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Dancing-Ponies's avatar
That's one hell of a jump... I love the bouncing off the horse :heart: