Lauren took Cole (Concorde Two) to Hartpury yesterday for the Discovery Regional Finals. It was the first time he had been there, it was the most beautiful sunny day and a lovely course to jump. The class was run over 3 rounds which get bigger each time and the last round against the clock, so quite a test for a young chap. As he entered the arena  for the first time he was almost doing his ‘Totilas Trot’ as he eyed up all the fences and showed off to the spectators, but Lauren got him focused and he produced a beautiful clear round. He followed that by another. Drawn 1st to go in the jump off Lauren was going to play safe-ish and go for a clear and put in a sharp turn if she could. Cole responded to everything she asked, they put in two sharp turns and did a super time. They held the lead until a few from the end then they got knocked to 3rd place but qualified for the Championships so we are thrilled! He couldn’t have jumped any better.  All the hard work on the schooling has really paid off as Lauren found the turns so easy and made it look effortless. Just to prove the training not only works on dressage horses!