Jasmine Girvan qualified for and competed in the School Equestrian Games One Day Event (ODE) at Calmsden on Saturday on her horse ‘My Friend Flicker’. She was the only one competing for Prince Henry’s high school in the SEG 80cm.
The ODE has 3 phases including dressage, showjumping (80cm) and then a cross country (XC) course also 80cm. The XC course was full to height and as it was a championship many of the jumps were bigger than the 80cm course at Broadway where she qualified. Also, there is an optimum time for the XC course and competitors pick up penalties for going too slow or too fast.
Jasmine did an excellent dressage test getting a score of 33.25. She went clear in the showjumping despite having little time to warm up due to a trip to the mobile farrier for a new front shoe. The cross country course was last with 20 gruelling jumps and 5 combinations all to be covered in the optimum time of 6minutes 16 seconds. Jasmine and Flicker flew around the course completing all the jumps in a record time but unfortunately going too fast and picking up 9.60 time penalties throwing her out of 5th place and finishing with a score of 42.85.
Jasmine and Flicker did an amazing job competing for the school in their first season of one-day Eventing together. They look forward to coming back bigger and stronger next season.
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