Hannah Esberger-Shepherd

Results from the Nationals

Thank you to all the Dengie team for their fingers being crossed for the Nationals..I think it worked.

Vanita as expected on the first day was very tense and being a bit of a drama queen, but as we warmed in for the test, he improved and on the second day he got better and better!

I had gone hoping to build his confidence sufficiently to achieve a 'clear round', at this stage of his training I was uncertain I could...well we did. Although four judges had him on a score of 67%, one judge had him on 62% (he had it wrong), nevertheless I was so pleased with the result, I feel I have made huge progress with him. He is an amazing horse, and I am sure he will prove my faith in him.

Next year I hope he will be doing the premier leagues where he will experience the 'atmosphere' more often.

Hannah

18th September