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		<title>So, this eventing lark…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ho hum. The commentary starts before we even left the yard because Tom, evidently, was having one those days. Tom, who normally marches up the ramp in to the lorry, decided he didn&#8217;t want to load. He went up on his hind legs and waved his front hooves around my ears. And again. And again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ups, downs, lefts, rights and straight-aheads</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brennig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edited: Saturday times in This Saturday Tom and I are competing again. If you&#8217;re in the Ascott-under-Wychwood/Burford/Charlbury area, the British Eventing One-Day-Event is free to spectators. There&#8217;ll be the usual on-site catering and the organisers are putting on a range of activities/things to see for children. But the best things to watch will be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Horses, illnesses, bikes, writing, music</title>
		<link>http://brennigjones.com/blog/?p=3348</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brennig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; and the bitter taste of something&#8230; bitter-tasting&#8230; Horses: So, that scoundrel Tom. Tsk. Tom is nothing but a worry to his &#8216;dad&#8217;. He spends all day sleeping and eating and some of the time he&#8217;s more lovely than a lovely thing. But unfortunately, some of the time he&#8217;s less than lovely. He&#8217;s not, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday’s One Day Event</title>
		<link>http://brennigjones.com/blog/?p=3327</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brennig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the time Tom and I got to do our stuff the photographer had all but given up and gone home. Well, we were the last to go in all phases. But here&#8217;s a thumbnail of us on the cross-country course, coming out of the woods, heading for home. I have stolen the thumbnail and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading from the rear</title>
		<link>http://brennigjones.com/blog/?p=3319</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brennig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were working in for the dressage phase of the Ascott-under-Wychwood Horse Trials when I heard Tom&#8217;s near-hind shoe flapping. Fortunately the farrier on call wasn&#8217;t difficult to find, and within 20 minutes the problem shoe had been removed, the hoof tidied up, the shoe refitted and we were back on track. Unfortunately the time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testing times</title>
		<link>http://brennigjones.com/blog/?p=3316</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brennig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom&#8217;s times for the Ascott-under-Wychwood British Eventing Horse Trials are: 15.16: Dressage 17.43: Show-jumping 18.31: Cross-country If he Show-jumps like he did on Sunday, we&#8217;ll have lots of issues and a swift elimination. If he Show-jumps like he did on Wednesday, we&#8217;ll have a nice, relaxed double-clear and then we&#8217;ll get to play games on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nellie the elephant</title>
		<link>http://brennigjones.com/blog/?p=3253</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 21:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brennig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I did an equine update so&#8230;
Vin&#8217;s headshaking continues to improve; the treatment seems to be capable of mitigating about 90% of his most serious symptom, which is a massive win.
I&#8217;m so happy with the way he&#8217;s responding that I&#8217;m now devoting quite a lot of time and effort to finding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadway result</title>
		<link>http://brennigjones.com/blog/?p=3178</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 20:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brennig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big write-up follows in due course, but there&#8217;s only 24 hours in a day so here&#8217;s the headlines:



Dressage penalties:

30.0



Show-jumping penalties:

0



Cross-country jumping penalties:

0



Cross-country time penalties:

5.2



Total penalties:

35.2



Overall position:

9th/41





 
Dressage video: (check out the first give-and-retake of the rein, Tom got a &#8216;9&#8242; for that!)

Show-jumping video:

Cross-country video part 1:

Cross-country video part 2:

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		<title>The long hot weekend beckons…</title>
		<link>http://brennigjones.com/blog/?p=3167</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brennig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a bank holiday weekend and, as is usually the case in the UK when we have extra time off, the weather forecast promises to be particularly gruesome.
Even now, 10.30 Friday morning, the temp is 13c and it&#8217;s spotting with rain.
The thing is, these days, you can&#8217;t even count on the rain to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot, horsey and lazy</title>
		<link>http://brennigjones.com/blog/?p=3108</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brennig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday:
On Saturday I drove Tom to Aston-le-Walls which is in Northants (but only just, it&#8217;s a few miles from Banbury), to take part in an Intro level one-day Event.
This was Tom&#8217;s first competitive run with Sammi onboard &#8211; Sammi has been schooling Tom all week, trying to get things straightened out &#8211; and we wanted [...]]]></description>
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