One Foulée back, four Foulées forward?

This weekend saw another show jumping event with Pich. This time it was conveniently in Biarritz meaning that I could ride for three days in a row whilst still respecting the babies’ siestas and routines, and complete other domestic jobs including UK and French tax returns. Three bars on the Friday, a clear round on the Saturday, and one down on Sunday meant that, on paper, the results were exactly the same as the previous weekend, however the events of Saturday suggest that real progress has been made. To date Pich has never really forgiven me for the small errors that I make. However on Saturday I misjudged one jump but he remained wonderfully calm and produced a huge, generous, jump at the third which ensured a very pleasing clear round in front of family and friends...it almost felt like he was committed to the team. He’s a good lad really. I hope he realized that the two kilos of apples that followed it was not just by chance! In fact Saturday was a good day all round - in addition to a super clear round, it also included hair cuts for Maxime and Papa, a birthday present from my parents, aperos with Michel in his truck, and dinner in my favourite restaurant which serves the best profiteroles with hot chocolate sauce in town. It’s not often you get a day like that.